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- noun biochemistry Many
pyrimidine bases forming asequence ; especially a region ofmRNA containing such a sequence which has a function inRNA splicing
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SS, BPS and PPT denote the splice site, branch point sequence and polypyrimidine tract, respectively.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Tilman Schneider-Poetsch 2010
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Here we show that three heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) proteins, polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB, also known as hnRNPI), hnRNPA1 and hnRNPA2, bind repressively to sequences flanking exon 9, resulting in exon 10 inclusion.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Charles J. David 2010
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Here we show that three heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) proteins, polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB, also known as hnRNPI), hnRNPA1 and hnRNPA2, bind repressively to sequences flanking exon 9, resulting in exon 10 inclusion.
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