photoreactivableadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊrɪˈaktᵻvəbl/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˌriˈæktəvəb(ə)l/ Biology.
Capable of undergoing reactivation (esp. reversal of genetic damage) under the influence of light; susceptible to photoreactivation.
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photobiological1907
photoreversible1941
photoreactivable1952
photoreactivated1953
photoreactivating1955
photoprotective1961
photoconvertible1962
photoabsorbing1966
photorepairable1966
1952 Science 17 Oct. 424/2 The result of irradiating T1 in the dry state is that..the damage is no longer photoreactivable.
1962 Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 26 133/2 Total protein synthesis, however, was not photoreactivable.
1975 Nature 13 Mar. 160/1 Some types of excisable ultraviolet-induced DNA damage are not photoreactivable.
1993 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90 4389/1 The enteric bacterium Escherichia coli is photoreactivable but the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis is not.
Derivatives
ˌphotoreactivaˈbility n. capacity for photoreactivation.
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photoassimilation1922
photoinactivation1938
photoact1940
photoreactivation1949
photoaction1951
photoreversal1951
photoreactivability1952
photoreversibility1954
photoprotection1958
photorepair1967
1952 Science 17 Oct. 424/1 Photoreactivability of bacteriophages, following ultraviolet irradiation, has been shown..to depend on adsorption to the host bacterium.
1996 Photochem. & Photobiol. 63 636/2 No significant difference in photoreactivability was detected between the two groups of embryos.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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