pentatricopeptide

noun

A polypeptide motif containing thirty-five amino acid units

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Meanings

nounpentatricopeptide (plural pentatricopeptides)

plural pentatricopeptides

  1. A polypeptide motif containing thirty-five amino acid units
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    Moreover, the expressions of pau-miR530 and pau-mir90a were inversely correlated with the expression of the target gene, uncharacterized protein (comp79604_c0_seq17) and pentatricopeptide repeat-containing protein (comp76713_c0_seq2), which were decreased in the PTFI plant and then increased in the PTFI15 and PTFI30 samples.

    2015 October 21, “Plant–Pathogen Interaction-Related MicroRNAs and Their Targets Provide Indicators of Phytoplasma Infection in Paulownia tomentosa × Paulownia fortunei”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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