5 Untranslated Region (5 UTR)

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The 5 region of the mRNA that is not translated into protein. It extends from the transcription start site to the translation ATG start site, and contains regulatory sequences that control mRNA stability and translation efficiency.

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Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
Marc D. Binder
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Graduate School of Medicine University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo‐ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nobutaka Hirokawa
Göttingen, Germany
Uwe Windhorst

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(2008). 5 Untranslated Region (5 UTR). In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_2

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_2
Published: 24 January 2024
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