Pentapyrimidine

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sequence of five pyrimidines in a nucleic acid

    "The enzyme recognizes a specific pentapyrimidine sequence of 5’-(C/T)CCTT↓-3’ and hydrolyzes the phosphodiester bond at the 3’-end of its recognition site [4 ]."

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"The enzyme recognizes a specific pentapyrimidine sequence of 5’-(C/T)CCTT↓-3’ and hydrolyzes the phosphodiester bond at the 3’-end of its recognition site [4 ]."

Etymology

From penta- + pyrimidine.

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nucleic acid

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