primosome

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin primus (“first”) +‎ -some (“nucleic unit”).

Noun

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primosome (plural primosomes)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics) A complex of proteins required for the initiation of bacterial DNA synthesis
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