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Motifs
A short region in a protein sequence, which is conserved in many proteins.


Read more about this term in the Online Textbook:
Proteins and Proteomics: Introduction to Protein Structure
Genomics: Determining Gene Function from Sequence Information
Genetics of Development: Conservation of the Homeobox

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