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Mesh term Riboswitch

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RNA, Messenger
Regulatory Sequences, Ribonucleic Acid

Description

Part of a MESSENGER RNA molecule that undergoes a conformation change upon binding a specific metabolite or other small molecule thereby regulating the messenger RNA's transcription, post-transcriptional processing, transport, translation, or stability in response to varying levels of the metabolite or other small molecule.



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