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Meaning:

acronym:

  • The enzyme adenosine deaminase, specifically that affects RNA. They are important in editing nuclear double stranded RNAs (from A to I) in higher eukaryotes. They work by acting to convert adenosines to insosines via hydrolytic deanimination.

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Proper noun:

  • Judaism The sixth month of the civil year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan.

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