post-transcriptional
Adjective
Meaning
post-transcriptional (not comparable)
Alternative form of posttranscriptional
Examples
Addition of the 5' cap occurs co-transcriptionally and is the first step in post-transcriptional modification.
Resistance The primary means of bacterial resistance to macrolides occurs by post-transcriptional methylation of the 23S bacterial ribosomal RNA.
Specialized export proteins exist for translocation of mature mRNA and tRNA to the cytoplasm after post-transcriptional modification is complete.