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Shine-Dalgarno sequence

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Shine-Dalgarno sequence
part of the leader sequence preceding the start codon of mRNA that is AGGAGGU or a variant thereof that binds the mRNA to a complementary sequence in the 16S component of rRNA so that translation of the mRNA can proceed.


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Correlations between Shine-Dalgarno sequences and gene features such as predicted expression levels and operon structures.
The Shine-Dalgarno sequence [2] is a consensus (5'-AAGGAGGU-3') initially characterized in mRNAs of Escherichia coli.
 
 
 
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