pentarepeat

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

penta- +‎ repeat

Noun[edit]

pentarepeat (plural pentarepeats)

  1. (genetics, biochemistry) A pattern of five repeats (in a nucleic acid or protein (especially a prion))
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