| motif | Recurring characteristic or theme. <molecular biology> The smallest group of atoms in a polymer that, when under the influence of a rotation-translation operator, will assemble the rest of the atoms in the chain. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| steroid finger motif | Family of nuclear transcription factors, most of which are receptors for hormones of the steroid family, for example androgen, oestrogen, glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, progesterone, retinoic acid, ecdysone, thyroid hormone and the Drosophila transcription factors knirps, ultraspiracle and seven up. This family contains a conserved domain (the steroid finger motif) containing two C4 type zinc fingers. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| Drickamer motif | Either of the two highly conserved patterns of invariant amino acids found in the carbohdrate recognition domain of C type and S type lectins. (18 Nov 1997) |
| octamer motif | A DNA motif found in certain promoters that can produce B-cell specific gene expression. Sequence: ATGCAAAT. (18 Nov 1997) |