oligopyrimidine

English

Etymology

From oligo- +‎ pyrimidine.

Noun

oligopyrimidine (countable and uncountable, plural oligopyrimidines)

1. A portion of DNA or RNA containing several consecutive pyrimidine bases
   • 2015 July 25, “Assessment of mTOR-Dependent Translational Regulation of Interferon Stimulated Genes”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     However, mTOR-sensitive translatomes commonly include mRNAs with a 5’ terminal oligopyrimidine tract (TOP), such as those encoding ribosomal proteins, but not ISGs. Because these translatomes were obtained under conditions when ISG expression is not induced, we examined the mTOR-sensitive translatome in human WISH cells stimulated with IFN β.