presyncytial

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ syncytial.

Adjective

presyncytial (not comparable)

1. Prior to the formation of a syncytium
   • 2016 March 2, “GW-Bodies and P-Bodies Constitute Two Separate Pools of Sequestered Non-Translating RNAs”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     To test if Gw proteins respond to puromycin, we injected Drosophila embryos expressing Gw:EGFP either at the presyncytial blastoderm stage (when no GW-bodies are present) or at cellularization and observed GW-body dynamics over a twenty-minute time course.