terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase

English

Alternative forms

Noun

terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (plural terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferases)

  1. a specialized DNA polymerase enabling junctional diversity, expressed in immature, pre-B, pre-T lymphoid cells, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma cells.

Synonyms
  • DNA nucleotidylexotransferase (DNTT)
  • terminal transferase
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