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ELONGATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of lengthening something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("elongation" is a kind of...):

change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)

Derivation:

elongate (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An addition to the length of something

Synonyms:

elongation; extension

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("elongation" is a kind of...):

add-on; addition; improver (a component that is added to something to improve it)

Derivation:

elongate (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The quality of being elongated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("elongation" is a kind of...):

longness (the property of being of long spatial extent)

Derivation:

elongate (make long or longer by pulling and stretching)

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 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes negative elongation factor C/D protein, plays a role in the inhibition of transcriptional elongation.

(NELFCD wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Omacetaxine mepesuccinate binds to the 80S ribosome in eukaryotic cells and inhibits protein synthesis by interfering with chain elongation.

(Omacetaxine mepesuccinate, NCI Thesaurus)

Oxytetracycline hydrochloride interferes with binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby preventing peptide elongation and inhibiting protein synthesis.

(Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the negative regulation of transcript elongation.

(NELFCD Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Negative elongation factor C/D (590 aa, ~66 kDa) is encoded by the human NELFCD gene.

(Negative Elongation Factor C/D, NCI Thesaurus)

Negative elongation factor A (528 aa, ~57 kDa) is encoded by the human WHSC2 gene.

(Negative Elongation Factor A, NCI Thesaurus)

This covalent modification inactivates EF-2 and disrupts polypeptide chain elongation, resulting in cell death.

(Denileukin diftitox, NCI Thesaurus)

Didemnin B activates caspase, thereby inducing apoptosis, and prevents eukaryotic elongation factor 2 (eEF-2)-dependent translocation, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis.

(Didemnin B, NCI Thesaurus)

Cordycepin incorporates into RNA, and, inhibits RNA chain elongation and synthesis due to the absence of a hydroxyl moiety at the 3' position.

(Cordycepin Triphosphate, NCI Thesaurus)

Triphosphate cordycepin can be incorporated into RNA, and inhibits transcription elongation and RNA synthesis due to the absence of a hydroxyl moiety at the 3' position.

(Cordycepin, NCI Thesaurus)