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Ppt1p contains two short stretches of amino acids, a 15-residue sequence between the linker helix and the catalytic domain (residues 174-188), and a ten-residue sequence just preceding the extreme C terminus (residues 474-484), that are not found in other PP5 homologs reported thus far ( [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ] , and accession numbers CAB60937, CAA17690 and AAD21727).
India comprises a diamond-shaped subcontinent that stretches over 3,000 km (1,800 miles) from the Kashmir mountains in the north right down to Kanyakumari, or Cape Comorin, on the Indian Ocean.
The Buda Hills area is a greenbelt that lies due west of Rózsadomb, though it stretches as far north as Obuda and as far south as the start of the M7 highway.
It was a Welsh Celtic tribe that named the northern stretches of this territory “Cumbria” (the area was officially known as Cumberland until 1974).
The reason behind all this development is a long sandy beach, which stretches undisturbed for some 10 km (6 miles) between the two resorts and is backed by pine trees and dunes.