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  • noun A polymer consisting of arginine residues

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  • Ding's team took cells called fibroblasts from the connective tissues of mouse fetuses and bathed them in a cocktail of the four polyarginine-tagged proteins for 12 hours, then they removed the reprogramming proteins for 36 hours, and repeated this cycle four times over.

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

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