doubletime
A gene in Drosophila melanogaster that produces the DBT protein kinase, used to control circadian rhythm.
Noun
- A gene in Drosophila melanogaster that produces the DBT protein kinase, used to control circadian rhythm.
Origin
From double + time.
Derived
dbt abbreviation DBT protein product dbtS a mutant allele that shortens the circadian rhythm dbtL a mutant allele that lengthens the circadian rhythm dbtP a mutant allele that eliminates the circadian rhythm and kills the larva
Verb
- Alternative form of double-time.
- "Doubletime up to the ville and souvenir me one cute orphan, man, but be sure you get a dirty one, a really skuzzy one." - 1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 57: