nucleotidylexotransferase

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noun
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  • (enzyme) A specialized DNA polymerase expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells, which adds N-nucleotides to the V, D, and J exons during antibody gene recombination.

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Affix from English nucleotide + English transferase.

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transferase

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