Definition: Amino acid sequences found in transported proteins that selectively guide the distribution of the proteins to specific cellular compartments.
Other names Leader Signal Peptide; Leader Sequence, Peptide; Leader Peptides; Signal Sequences, Peptide; Signal Sequences; Signal Sequence, Peptide; Signal Peptides; Signal Peptide; Peptide Signal Sequences; Peptide Leader Sequences; Leader Sequences, Peptide; Leader Peptide; Sorting Signals, Protein; Sorting Signal, Protein; Signals, Protein Sorting; Signal, Protein Sorting; Signal Sequence; Signal Peptides, Leader; Signal Peptide, Leader; Sequences, Signal