phosphorelay

phosphorelay

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō
Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)
Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor.
Latin phōsphorusbor.
English phosphorus
English phospho-
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Old English læġ
English lay
English relay
English phosphorelay

    From phospho- + relay.

    Noun

    phosphorelay (plural phosphorelays)

    1. (biology) The multi-stage process, involving the movement of phosphoryl groups by histidine kinases, of bacterial signal transduction

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