PROKARYOTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prokaryotic mean? 

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

1. having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROKARYOTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having cells that lack membrane-bound nuclei

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

procaryotic; prokaryotic

Antonym:

eukaryotic (having cells with 'good' or membrane-bound nuclei)

Pertainym:

prokaryote (a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma)

Derivation:

prokaryote (a unicellular organism having cells lacking membrane-bound nuclei; bacteria are the prime example but also included are blue-green algae and actinomycetes and mycoplasma)

 Context examples 

A point mutation involving the substitution of Guanosine (a purine base) for Cytosine (a pyrimidine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.

(Cytosine to Guanosine Transversion Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

All homeodomain proteins contain the homeodomain, a region of structural similarity present in certain prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA-binding proteins.

(Homeobox Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

A point mutation involving the substitution of Thymidine (a pyrimidine base) for Cytosine (a pyrimidine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.

(Cytosine to Thymidine Transition Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

Point mutations at various locations in a DNA sequence from either a eukaryotic or prokaryotic organism that causes a base change which results in an amino acid change in the protein product.

(Multiple Nucleotide Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus)

Family of highly conserved, specific proteins produced by prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in response to heat shock or other stressor; some may protect other proteins from denaturation or degradation.

(Heat Shock Protein, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A point mutation involving the substitution of Adenosine (a purine base) for Guanosine (a purine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.

(Guanosine to Adenosine Transition Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

Multiple point mutations in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms in which each mutation occurs by substitution of a purine base for a pyrimidine base or vice versa.

(Multiple Transversion Abnormalities, NCI Thesaurus)

A point mutation involving the substitution of Adenosine (a purine base) for Cytosine (a pyrimidine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.

(Cytosine to Adenosine Transversion Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

A point mutation involving the substitution of Thymidine (a pyrimidine base) for Adenosine (a purine base) in a DNA sequence from eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms.

(Adenosine to Thymidine Transversion Abnormality, NCI Thesaurus)

The RNA component of the small (30S) subunit of prokaryotic ribosomes.

(Bacterial 16S RNA, NCI Thesaurus)