ADAR

The English word “ADAR” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

The enzyme adenosine deaminase that affects RNA, important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes, that work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deamination.

Derived from the initial letters of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA.

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