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PROCESSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure
Example:
the processing of ore to obtain minerals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("processing" is a kind of...):
physical process; process (a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "processing"):
blowing (processing that involves blowing a gas)
data processing ((computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information)
developing; development (processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible)
purification; refinement; refining (the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.))
vulcanisation; vulcanization (process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them)
Derivation:
process (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)
process (deal with in a routine way)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb process
Context examples:
This allele, which encodes amyloid protein-binding protein 2, is involved in the regulation of protein transport and processing.
(APPBP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes beta-secretase 1 protein, is involved in proteolytic processing.
(BACE1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes ADP-ribosyl cyclase 1 protein, plays a role in both intracellular signaling and processing of ADP-ribose.
(CD38 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A 20 ribonucleotide sequence that is a final product of the processing of either MIR124-1 pre-miRNA, MIR124-2 pre-miRNA or MIR124-3 pre-miRNA.
(MicroRNA 124, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in the both regulation of protein processing and pregnancy.
(PAPPA Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in the processing of small RNAs.
(PAPOLG Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
A recombinant form of a mature, N-terminal secretory peptide derived from a parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) preprohormone through posttranslational endoproteolytic processing with vasodilating, myorelaxant, and parathyroid hormone (PTH)-like calciotropic activities.
(Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein (1-36), NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 7 protein, plays a role in the modulation of protein processing.
(PCSK7 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes protein RRP5 homolog, plays a role in ribosomal RNA processing.
(PDCD11 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes poly(A) polymerase beta protein, plays a role in creation of the 3' poly(A) tail of mRNAs during mRNA processing.
(PAPOLB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
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