premembrane en · NOUN
Etymology
From pre- + membrane.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A signal peptide responsible for dengue envelope translocation in cells
Acute samples were tested by real-time RT-PCR targeting the premembrane (prM)/envelope gene at the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS). 2 Three samples taken from Ratchaburi province, Thailand, were positive for ZIKV infection based on serologic studies whereas ZIKV RNA was detected in the other four samples.
2015, Rome Buathong et al., “Detection of Zika Virus Infection in Thailand, 2012–2014”, in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, volume 93, →DOI: