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Bovine opsin has more than one signal sequence

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By deletion of selected segments from a bovine opsin complementary DNA clone and subsequent analysis of transcripts in a cell-free translation–translocation system, we have localized two out of four theoretically conceivable signal sequences required for the integration of opsin into microsomal membranes.

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Friedlander, M., Blobel, G. Bovine opsin has more than one signal sequence. Nature 318, 338–343 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/318338a0

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