A complex of proteins, first identified in Eschericha coli, required for the initiation of DNA synthesis during the process of bacterial DNA replication.
Origin
1980s. From prime + -o- + -some.
Definition of primosome in US English:
primosome
nounˈprʌɪməsəʊm
A complex of proteins, first identified in Eschericha coli, required for the initiation of DNA synthesis during the process of bacterial DNA replication.