Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An intracellular signal molecule produced due to harsh environmental factors, and serving to regulate the gene expression at transcription level.

Origin

From alarm + -one?

From alarm + -one?

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Forms

plural: alarmones
Singularalarmone
Pluralalarmones

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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