Untranslated regions of mRNAs.

ABSTRACT: Gene expression is finely regulated at the post-transcriptional level. Features of the untranslated regions of mRNAs that control their translation, degradation and localization include stem-loop structures, upstream initiation codons and open reading frames, internal ribosome entry sites and various cis-acting elements that are bound by RNA-binding proteins.

SUBMITTER: Mignone F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC139023 | biostudies-literature | 2002

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature