ribogenesis

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Etymology

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ribo- +‎ -genesis, from ribonucleic acid.

Noun

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ribogenesis

  1. (biochemistry) The biogenesis of RNA
    • 2014 September 25, A De Cola et al., “AML cells carrying NPM1 mutation are resistant to nucleophosmin displacement from nucleoli caused by the G-quadruplex ligand TmPyP4”, in Cell Death & Disease[1], volume 5, →DOI:
      Dear Editor, Nucleophosmin (NPM1) is a nucleolar protein implicated in ribogenesis, centrosome duplication and stress response. 1 NPM1 is mutated in ~30% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients. 2 Heterozygous mutations involve few base duplications or insertions in the gene's last exon.