"polypyrimidine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: polypyrimidines [plural]
Etymology: poly- + pyrimidine Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|pyrimidine}} poly- + pyrimidine Head templates: {{en-noun}} polypyrimidine (plural polypyrimidines)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of many pyrimidine bases forming a sequence; especially a region of mRNA containing such a sequence which has a function in RNA splicing Categories (topical): Biochemistry Derived forms: polypyrimidine tract

Inflected forms

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