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5′ cap
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English
Noun
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5′ cap
en biochemistry A specially altered nucleotide end to the 5′ end of precursor messenger RNA and some other primary RNA transcripts as found in eukaryotes and caliciviruses, vital to creating mature messenger RNA which is then able to undergo translation.
Translations
Bulgarian: bg 5' шапка f
Finnish: fi 5'-huppu