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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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Rajan Transform is basically a fast algorithm which yields spectral components of a signal sequence.
Proteolytic processing of the C-prM and NS4A/ B proteins occurs efficiently only after upstream cleavage of the signal sequence by cytoplasmic viral protease.
 
 
 
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