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Pribnow  ·  3035 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the story behind your username?

I'm a microbiologist and the Pribnow box (TATAAT) is a common bacterial promoter sequence. I always thought that "Pribnow box" was an extremely cool sounding phrase, so sometimes I like to use "Pribnow" as a username.