polypyrimidine

noun

polypyrimidine

noun

Etymology From poly- + pyrimidine.

1

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any of many pyrimidine bases forming a sequence; especially a region of mRNA containing such a sequence which has a function in RNA splicing

Derived terms
polypyrimidine tract

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