Thermoswitch

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Noun
  1. 1
    A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.

    "This appears to be the first purely computational design of functional RNA thermoswitches, and certainly the first purely computational design of functional thermo-IRES elements."

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"This appears to be the first purely computational design of functional RNA thermoswitches, and certainly the first purely computational design of functional thermo-IRES elements."

Etymology

From thermo- + switch.

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