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oligopyrimidines

oligopyrimidines is the plural of oligopyrimidine.

Meaning of oligopyrimidine

Noun

oligopyrimidine (countable and uncountable, plural oligopyrimidines)

  1. A portion of DNA or RNA containing several consecutive pyrimidine bases
    • However, mTOR-sensitive translatomes commonly include mRNAs with a 5’ terminal oligopyrimidine tract (TOP), such as those encoding ribosomal proteins, but not ISGs. Because these translatomes were obtained under conditions when ISG expression is not induced, we examined the mTOR-sensitive...2015 July 25, “Assessment of mTOR-Dependent Translational Regulation of Interferon Stimulated Genes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about oligopyrimidines

What is oligopyrimidines the plural of?
Oligopyrimidines is the plural of oligopyrimidine.

Words near oligopyrimidines in the dictionary

  1. oligopsonists
  2. oligopsony
  3. oligopurine
  4. oligopurines
  5. oligopyrimidine
  6. oligopyrimidines
  7. oligopyrrole
  8. oligopyrroles
  9. oligopyrrolic
  10. oligorecurrence
  11. oligorecurrences

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