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Where is the shine dalgarno sequence found?

Posted February 2, 2023

Bioconjugation Cellular Structures and Organelles DNA and RNA Quantitation

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Shine Dalgarno sequence is a ribosomal binding site found commonly in bacterial mRNA and rarely in archaeal mRNA. It is located 8 bases upstream of the start codon AUG.

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