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ADA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia
Example:
the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study
Synonyms:
ADA; adenosine deaminase
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ADA" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
Context examples:
Following genetic modification, the T cells are returned to the patient, where they produce functional ADA.
(ADA Transduced T Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
A preparation of autologous, CD34-positive stem/progenitor cells transduced with a lentrivral vector encoding the human adenosine deaminase (ADA) gene under the control of the human elongation factor alpha short promoter (EFS), with potential to restore ADA expression and function.
(EFS-ADA Lentiviral Vector-transduced CD34-positive Autologous Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
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