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- noun biochemistry Any
protein (especially ones produced by viruses) thatcleave to produce a number ofpolypeptides , some of which act ashormones
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A single gene, the ELH gene, specifies a polyprotein that is cut into small biologically active peptides such that individual components of the behavioral array may be mediated by peptides encoded by one gene.
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The encoded polyprotein contains the domains of protease, reverse transcriptase, and retroviral integrase, which could have retrotransposase activities.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010
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The number of variations relative to a population consensus is shown for the polyprotein (PP) and for each gene within the polyprotein.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Maureen J. Donlin et al. 2010
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In summary, the SVR polyprotein sequences were significantly more diverse than the NR sequences by all four analytical methods in both genotypes.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Maureen J. Donlin et al. 2010
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The ratios of observed to predicted frequency of the dinucleotides UU and UA across the polyprotein were compared between SVR and NR patients.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Maureen J. Donlin et al. 2010
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First, we found a polyprotein-like coding sequence located at the immediate upstream of the zebrafish
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Haiyan Huang et al. 2010
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All of HCV's proteins are initially produced as one long polyprotein, which needs to be cleaved into its component proteins by the protease.
Medindia Health News 2010
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These recombinant viruses also express GFP that cleaves at both the N and C termini during structural polyprotein processing
Naturejobs - All Jobs Arabinda Nayak 2010
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In fact, the action of the ribozymes may take place mainly, if not exclusively, during the translation of the (+) strand that encodes the polyprotein.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michel V. L�vesque et al. 2010
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The number of variations unique to either the SVR or NR groups is shown for the polyprotein
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Maureen J. Donlin et al. 2010
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