polyadenylation
Noun
Meaning
polyadenylation (countable and uncountable, plural polyadenylations)
(biochemistry) The formation of a polyadenylate, especially that of a nucleic acid.
Examples
Polyadenylation main Polyadenylation is the covalent linkage of a polyadenylyl moiety to a messenger RNA molecule.
Polyadenylation occurs during and/or immediately after transcription of DNA into RNA.
Polyadenylation site mutations also occur.