Medical Definition of Polyuridylic acid
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Homopolymer of uridylic acid. Historically, was used as an artificial mRNA in cell free translation systems, where it coded for polyphenylalanine, thus began the deciphering of the genetic code.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyuridylic Acid
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