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Untranslated region

untranslated region

(Science: molecular biology) The regions of a cDNA, typically that 5' to the initiation (ATG) site and that 3' to the stop site, which are not translated to make a peptide. Their functions are not well understood.


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20 Amino Acids

... In archaea and in eukaryotes, the SECIS element is in the 3' untranslated region (3' UTR) of the mRNA, and can direct multiple UGA codons to encode selenocysteine residues. ...

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by Dr.Stein
Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:40 am
 
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Genes and Proteins

... to proteins. due to leaky scanning and poly adenylation there's a small region at the 5' and 3' end that is untranslated.

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by sdekivit
Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:18 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Genes and Proteins
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