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Signal recognition particle (SRP)

In eukaryotes, a complex of a small RNA molecule with six proteins, which can temporarily halt protein synthesis by recognising the signal sequence of a nascent polypeptide destined to be translocated through the ER, binding to it, and hereby blocking further translation of the mRNA.

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