polypyrimidine

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noun

Any of many pyrimidine bases forming a sequence; especially a region of mRNA containing such a sequence which has a function in RNA splicing

OriginEnglish pyrimidine ← German Pyrimidin ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) →
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Meanings

nounpolypyrimidine (plural polypyrimidines)

plural polypyrimidines

  1. biochemistryAny of many pyrimidine bases forming a sequence; especially a region of mRNA containing such a sequence which has a function in RNA splicing

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. GermanPyrimidin
  6. Englishpyrimidine
  7. Englishpolypyrimidine

From poly- + pyrimidine.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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