PARP

See also: parp

English

Noun

PARP (plural PARPs)

  1. (biology) Initialism of polyADP-ribose polymerase.
    • 2009, Dana Inbar-Rozensal, "A selective eradication of human nonhereditary breast cancer cells by phenanthridine-derived polyADP-ribose polymerase inhibitors", Breast Cancer Research.
      In the chromatin, polyADP-ribosylation apparently regulates the interaction of PARPs and their substrates with protein partners and DNA.

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