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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) A segment of a protein, analogous to an intron, that is able to excise itself, the gap being closed with a peptide bond

Similar:
extein, intron, protointron, exon, innexin, excisionase, pseudoexon, microexon, innexon, mirtron, more...

Opposite:
extein, external protein, non-intein

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Similar:
extein, intron, protointron, exon, innexin, excisionase, pseudoexon, microexon, innexon, mirtron, more...

Opposite:
extein, external protein, non-intein



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