Intein At Biology Glossary
What is it? Selfish DNA elements located within coding regions that are translated with the interrupted protein, but then catalyze their own excision and the formation of a peptide bond between the flanking protein regions.Bio Definition Added By: Abigail
The Intein definition has been viewed 305 Time(s)!
Send To Friends!
If you'd like to send the Intein definition to yourself or to your friends/colleagues, just enter the e-mail addresses in the boxes below -We hope you now understand the meaning of Intein. If you need any more information on this term, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Other Similar Biology Terms:
Bio Term leader sequence is The sequence at the 5 end of an mRNA that is not translated into protein. The length of untranslated mRNA from the 5 end to the initiation codon AUG.Bio Term dot blotting is A technique of blotting cloned DNA without prior restriction digestion and electrophoresis (See Southern blotting). Autoradiography reveals dots indicating probe hybridization.
Bio Term Cancer is The rapid, uncontrollable division of cells which can be caused by viruses, chemicals or radiation.
Bio Term allosteric transition is A change from one conformation of a protein to another.
Bio Term centriole is One of two structures in the center of animal cells, composed of cylinders of nine triplet microtubules in a ring. Centrioles help organize microtubule assembly during cell division.