sigma likeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

sigmalike (not comparable)

1. (cytology, molecular biology) Characteristic of a structure composed of sigma bonds.
   • 1921, W.C. George and and H.V. Wilson, “Sponges of Beaufort (N.C.) Harbor and Vicinity”, in Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Fisheries‎, volume 36, page 150:

     This is at least defensible, for the twisting of the chela is in itself a structural feature that is sigmalike; that is, the twisted chela is intermediate, in respect to the shape of the spicular axis, between the sigma and the normal chela, although in other respects it is a perfectly differentiated chela.

   • 1976, E.W. Caspari (editor), Advances in Genetics, Volume 18, page 36:

     They predicted that there should be other sigmalike factors that would select other classes of promoters in response to the cell's needs.

   • 2013, Harry Harris (editor), Advances in Human Genetics, page 291:

     agents which stimulate transcription suggest that sigmalike factors also exist for the eukaryotic polymerases.