Medical Definition of Long-terminal repeat

1. Identical DNA sequences, several hundred nucleotides long, found at either end of transposons and the proviral DNA, formed by reverse transcription of retroviral RNA. They are thought to have an essential role in integrating the transposon or provirus into the host DNA. Long terminal repeats have inverted repeats, that is, sequences close to either end are identical when read in opposite directions. In proviruses the upstream long-terminal repeat acts as a promoter and enhancer and the downstream long-terminal repeat as a polyadenylation site. Acronym: LTR (15 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Long-terminal Repeat

long-neck clam
long-play
long-playing
long-range
long-run
long-shanked
long-sightedness
long-snouted
long-spurred violet
long-staple
long-sufferance
long-suffering
long-tailed porcupine
long-tailed weasel
long-term
long-terminal repeat (current term)
long-term care
long-term memory
long-term memory
long-term nonprogressor
long-term potentiation
long-term productivity
long-term survival
long-tongue
long-wearing
long-winded
long-winded
long-windedly
long-windedness
long-wool

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