polypyrimidine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many pyrimidine bases forming a sequence; especially a region of mRNA containing such a sequence which has a function in RNA splicing

Word forms

polypyrimidine polypyrimidines

Etymology

From poly- + pyrimidine.

Derived words

polypyrimidine tract
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