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Author: Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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The protein after synthesis is targeted to a location where it performs a specific function. A sequence of 13–15 amino acids called signal sequence directs the proteins to its location.

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