interorganellular

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ organellular

Adjective

interorganellular (not comparable)

  1. (biology, rare) Relating to, or functioning via interaction between organelles.
    • 1982, Advances in Agronomy, page 127:
      The hypothesis that the fusion of the two chloroplasts, just like nuclear fusion, brings together the ct-DNA from parental types resulting in an “interorganellular gene recombination" by physical exchange of pieces of DNA is very attractive […]
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