riboswitch
Meanings
noun
- A segment within the leading end of a messenger RNA transcript that is able to gauge the cell's need for the protein encoded by the rest of the message, then to rearrange its shape to control whether that protein is manufactured
Word forms
Etymology
From ribo- + switch.
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