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signal-recognition particle

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signal-recognition particle [¦sig·nəl rek·ig′nish·ən ‚pärd·i·kəl]
(cell and molecular biology)
A ribonucleoprotein consisting of a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule and six distinct peptide chains that recognizes the signal sequence of a partially synthesized protein and guides it along with its ribosome to a signal recognition particle receptor in the endoplasmic reticulum. Abbreviated SRP.


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