Definition of catenated in English:
catenated
adjectiveˈkatɪneɪtɪdˈkadəˌnātəd
technical Connected in a chain or series.
Example sentencesExamples
- Depending on the nature of the catenated form of the original ligation product, bands corresponding to catenanies or single-stranded circles and their linearized versions were obtained.
- These mutants lacked normal conidiophores and phialides and formed rod-shaped, catenated cells directly from hyphae.
- Both the single-stranded circles and the double helical circles are catenated molecules.
- As to segregation of replicated daughter molecules, to be discussed later, topoisomerase II is thought to locate DNA crossovers such as those present in catenated molecules.
Derivatives
noun katɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n
technical It was shown also that the same critical concentration of spermidine induces aggregation and catenation of DNA rings by topoisomerases.
Example sentencesExamples
- A model that assumes that both the G- and T-segments belong to a continuous DNA stretch interacting with the enzyme cannot explain, however, catalysis of the catenation / decatenation reaction by DNA gyrase.
- Next to carbon, boron probably has the richest chemistry with regard to catenation, which is the formation of chains of atoms of the same element.
- Microconidia are formed from phialides in false heads by basipetal division, the developmental mode from the apex toward the base without catenation of cells.
- These lower bands corresponded to species of reduced degrees of catenation.
Origin
Late 19th century: past participle of the rare verb catenate, from Latin catenat- 'chained, fettered', from the verb catenare, from catena 'chain'.