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polyadenylation

the addition of up to 250 adenylate residues to the 3′ end of eukaryotic mRNAs to form a so-called poly(A) tail. The primary transcript is cleaved by a specific endonuclease that recognizes the sequence AAUAAA which is also referred to as a polyadenylation signal sequence. The poly(A) tail protects the mRNA from digestion with nuclease and greatly increases the efficiency of translation.

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AAUAAA sequence poly(A) tail			Baltimore should have asked himself why, after copying a protein-coded DNA sequence to a messenger RNA sequence and after the processing of this sequence, a poly A tail has to be attached to the "mature" messenger RNA as otherwise protein synthesis would not work. The concept of Cell Symbiosis Therapy by Kremer, Heinrich / Townsend Letter 1%) had dual polyadenylation signals an appropriate distance upstream (both within 35 bp) of the poly A tail. Expressed sequence tag analysis of genes expressed during development ... by Degnan, Bernard M. / Journal of Shellfish Research After the copy is made, a string of up to 200 "A"-type nucleotides - a poly A tail - is added to its end (picture 2). What is Genetic Engineering? by Synthesis/Regeneration			pollen pollen allergy pollen coryza pollen count Pollenia pollenogenic pollenosis pollex pollicization pollinosis pollutant pollutants pollute pollution Polly Pollyannaism polo polo pony polocrosse polocytes polonium poloxalene poloxamer polus Polwarth Poly A tail poly I-poly C poly I:C poly(A) synthesis poly(A) tail poly- poly-l-lactic acid Poly-Vi-Flor polyacrylamide polyacrylamide gel polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis polyadenitis polyadenopathy polyadenosis polyadenylation polyadenylic acid polyalveolar polyamide polyamine polyamines Polyamory polyandry polyanethol sulfonate polyangiitis polyanion polyanionic			Polunin, Aleksei Polunin, Aleksei Ivanovich Polunin, Fedor Polunin, Fedor Afanasevich Polunochnoe Polus Polus Polus Polus Polushka Poluustav POLV Polva Põlva Polverine Polvo POLWAN Polwarth Polwig poly poly poly poly Poly 2 Hydroxyethyl Aspartamide Poly 2-Hydroxyethylmethacrylate Poly 4,7-Benzothiophenevinylene Poly A Poly A Poly A Binding Protein Cytoplasmic 1 Poly A Binding Protein Nuclear 1 Poly A tail Poly Academy of Achievers and Leaders Poly ADP Poly Aluminium Chloride Poly Anthranilic Acid poly bag Poly Buffer LOCOS Poly Cystic Ovarian Poly Dimethyl Sulfate Poly Divinyl Benzene Poly drug use poly ethyl acrylate Poly Ethyl Methacrylate Poly ethylene Poly ethylene Poly ethylene Poly Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Poly Film Adhesive Poly glot Poly Glycerol-co Sebacic Acid poly hard mask open poly I-poly C poly I:C poly I:C Poly Investments Holdings Limited Poly isobutylene Poly isobutylene Poly Methyl Vinyl Ether/Maleic Anhydride Poly Modified Bitumen

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polyadenylation (redirected from Poly A tail)

polyadenylation
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