EUKARYOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eukaryotic mean? 

• EUKARYOTIC (adjective)
  The adjective EUKARYOTIC has 1 sense:

1. having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei

  Familiarity information: EUKARYOTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUKARYOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

eucaryotic; eukaryotic

Antonym:

prokaryotic (having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei)

Pertainym:

eukaryote (an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells)

Derivation:

eukaryote (an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells)

 Context examples 

Complex of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA) and proteins comprising eukaryotic chromosomes.

(Chromatin, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Cyclin-dependent kinases are eukaryotic, phosphoregulated protein kinases that associate with cyclins to control cell cycle progression.

(Cyclin-Dependent Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)

Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Genes encode Cyclin-Dependent Kinases, eukaryotic phosphoregulated protein kinases that physically associate with cyclins to achieve full enzymatic activity and control cell cycle progression.

(Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Either of the two longitudinally adjacent threads formed when a eukaryotic chromosome replicates prior to mitosis.

(Chromatid, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This allele, which encodes cyclin-dependent kinase 11B protein, plays a role in proliferation regulation, apoptosis and is essential for eukaryotic cell cycle control.

(CDK11B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The G1/S transition in eukaryotic cells is strictly regulated so that DNA replication occurs only once during S phase.

(CDC7L1 Kinase Complex, NCI Thesaurus)

The proteins and the sequence of events involved in this process are conserved throughout the eukaryotic kingdom.

(CDK Regulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

ERK1/2 are widely involved in eukaryotic signal transduction.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)

Gene-specific targeting of the SIN3 co-repressor complex by DNA-bound repressors is important in eukaryotic gene silencing.

(mSin3, NCI Thesaurus)

Omacetaxine mepesuccinate binds to the 80S ribosome in eukaryotic cells and inhibits protein synthesis by interfering with chain elongation.

(Omacetaxine mepesuccinate, NCI Thesaurus)