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A theoretical representative nucleotide or amino acid sequence in which each nucleotide or amino acid is the one which occurs most frequently at that site in the different sequences which occur in nature. The phrase also refers to an actual sequence which approximates the theoretical consensus. A known CONSERVED SEQUENCE set is represented by a consensus sequence. Commonly observed supersecondary protein structures (AMINO ACID MOTIFS) are often formed by conserved sequences.
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- Consensus Sequences
- Sequence, Consensus
- Sequences, Consensus
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Indexed with the subheadings drug effects, ethics, genetics, immunology, physiology, radiation effects.
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- Base Sequence (1983-1990)
- Molecular Sequence Data (1988-1990)
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- National Library of Medicine. Consensus Sequence. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016384. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016384
- Consensus Sequence. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_sequence
- Consensus Sequence. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1295754