polyadenylic acid

polyadenylic acid
/pol"ee ad'n il"ik, pol'-/, Biochem.
a homopolymer of adenylic acid enzymatically added to messenger RNA in eukaryotic cells to inhibit the hydrolytic breakdown of messenger RNA.
[1955-60; POLY- + ADENYLIC ACID]

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