Exteins
"Exteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The (EXternal proTEIN) sequences flanking INTEINS, which are internal fragments of precursor proteins removed by PROTEIN SPLICING. Concomitantly, as the inteins are excised, the exteins are ligated to form mature proteins.
| Descriptor ID |
D047669
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.060.270
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