Mnt IRES
Appearance
Mnt IRES | |
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Identifiers | |
Symbol | IRES_mnt |
Rfam | RF00457 |
Other data | |
RNA type | Cis-reg; IRES |
Domain(s) | Eukaryota |
GO | GO:0043022 |
SO | SO:0000243 |
PDB structures | PDBe |
The Mnt internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is an RNA element. Mnt is a transcriptional repressor related to the Myc/Mad family of transcription factors. It is thought that this IRES allows efficient Mnt synthesis when cap-dependent translation initiation is reduced.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Stoneley M, Spencer JP, Wright SC (February 2001). "An internal ribosome entry segment in the 5' untranslated region of the mnt gene". Oncogene. 20 (7): 893–897. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1204157. PMID 11314024.