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signal sequence

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signal sequence [′sig·nəl ‚sē·kwəns]
(cell and molecular biology)
A discrete sequence of amino acids in a protein that serves to identify it to transport mechanisms within a cell so as to guide the protein to its destination.


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For the putative OPmV F, a potential signal sequence from residues 1 to 23 and a potential transmembrane domain is found between residues 497 and 516.
Research Corporation Technologies' Gene eXpression Technologies (GXT) licensing program has licensed the bgh-polyA signal sequence to more than 130 companies in the United States, Canada, Japan, Europe and Australia.
No change in the signal sequence was noted for CIN0309R, the only isolate sequenced completely in this region.
 
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