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Descriptor English: Exteins
Descriptor Spanish: Exteínas
Descriptor exteínas
Scope note: Secuencias (proTEÍNa Externa) que flanquean a las INTEÍNAS, que son fragmentos internos de proteínas precursoras eliminados mediante el fenómeno de EMPALME DE PROTEÍNAS. Simultáneamente, a medida que se eliminan las inteínas, las exteínas se unen para formar proteínas maduras.
Descriptor Portuguese: Exteínas
Descriptor French: Extéines
Entry term(s): Extein
Tree number(s): G02.111.570.060.270
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D047669
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 2005
History Note: 2005
Related: Inteins MeSH
Protein Splicing MeSH
DeCS ID: 38851
Unique ID: D047669
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Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 2004/07/07
Revision Date: 2013/07/09
Exteins - Preferred
Concept UI M0458491
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Exteins
Entry term(s) Extein



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