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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

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Nouns denoting substances

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)

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 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)