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terminationtermolecular
terminator
in biotechnology
A sequence of DNA lying beyond the 3' end of the coding segment of a gene which is recognized by RNA polymerase as a signal to stop synthesizing mRNA.
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143 (Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992)) on page 166
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/T06275.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/T06275.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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