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-tail boat
long-tail boats
long-tailed
long-tailed pangolin
long-tailed porcupine
long-tailed tit
long-tailed weasel
long-term
long-term care
long-term memory
long-term nonprogressor
long-term potentiation
long-term productivity
long-term survival
long-terminal repeat (current term)
long-tongue
long-vowel mark
long-vowel marks
long-wearing
long-winded
long-windedly
long-windedness
long-wool
long-wooled
long abductor muscle of thumb
long absent, soon forgotten
long ago

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