PARP

See also: parp

English

Noun

PARP (countable and uncountable, plural PARPs)

1. (biology) Initialism of polyADP-ribose polymerase.
   • 2009, Dana Inbar-Rozensal, "A selective eradication of human nonhereditary breast cancer cells by phenanthridine-derived polyADP-ribose polymerase inhibitors", Breast Cancer Research.

     In the chromatin, polyADP-ribosylation apparently regulates the interaction of PARPs and their substrates with protein partners and DNA.

Anagrams

• PAPR, Rapp, appr, appr.