transcription terminator

  • 1Terminator — may refer to:In science: * Terminator (solar), the line between the day and night sides of a planetary body * Terminator (electrical), a resistor at the end of a transmission line to prevent signal reflection * Terminator (genetics), the end of a …

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  • 2Terminator (genetics) — In genetics, a terminator, or transcription terminator is a section of genetic sequence that marks the end of gene or operon on genomic DNA for transcription. In prokaryotes, two classes of transcription terminators are known: Intrinsic… …

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  • 3Transcription (genetics) — Transcription is the process of creating a complementary RNA copy of a sequence of DNA.[1] Both RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, which use base pairs of nucleotides as a complementary language that can be converted back and forth from DNA to RNA by …

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  • 4Terminator (Genetik) — Als Terminator oder Transkriptionsterminator wird ein Teil einer genetischen Sequenz auf der DNA bezeichnet, die das Ende eines Gens oder Operons markiert. Sie führt zur Beendigung der Transkription. In Prokaryoten sind zwei Klassen von… …

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  • 5terminator — DNA sequence at the end of a transcription unit that causes RNA polymerase to stop transcription …

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  • 6terminator — A sequence that marks the end of a gene and stops transcription …

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  • 7terminator — noun /ˈtɜː(ɹ)m.ɪn.eɪ.tə(ɹ)/ a) one who finishes. b) a DNA sequence which causes RNA transcription to cease and an mRNA transcript to break off. Syn: grey line …

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  • 8terminator — noun 1》 a person or thing that terminates. 2》 Astronomy the dividing line between the light and dark part of a planetary body. 3》 Biochemistry the region of a DNA molecule at which transcription ends …

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  • 9terminator region — A DNA sequence that signals the end of transcription …

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  • 10Prokaryotic transcription — is the process in which messenger RNA transcripts of genetic material in prokaryotes are produced, to be translated for the production of proteins. Prokaryotic transcription occurs in the cytoplasm alongside translation. Unlike in eukaryotes,… …

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