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leader sequence
noun
The sequence at the 5' end of an mRNA molecule that is not translated into protein.
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It removes the 5′ leader sequence from tRNA precursors to form mature tRNAs.
For proper export of jerdostatin, a secretion leader sequence was engineered at the protein's N-terminus.
Mapping of the transcription start site revealed that PSBO1 has a 45 bp long leader sequence.
Enhanced translation of chimaeric messenger RNAs containing a plant viral untranslated leader sequence.
Improved high-level constitutive foreign gene expression in plants using an AMV RNA4 untranslated leader sequence.
The leader sequence of the endogenous gene serves as the antisense target in the gene-switching method.
This IL-1ra lacks a leader sequence and, thus, is probably intracellular.
Each CRISPR is commonly followed by a conserved AT-rich sequence known as a leader sequence.
As a consequence it becomes a leader sequence in all copies of amplified RNA (fig 1B).
This protein functions in removal of the leader sequence concomitantly to the export of the lantibiotic.
Termed exon 1.1, it produced a protein with an additional 12 amino acid leader sequence [33].
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