UTR - (Jun/20/2005 )

Hi
Is the UTR everything that is outside of the coding sequence?

Thanks

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strictly speaking, UTR is in the context of an mRNA, 5' UTR is from the begining of the mRNA to the start of the coding sequence, ATG, which is 5' untranslated region, 3' UTR is from the stop codon to the end of the mRNA.

UTR usually contain control element for regulation on the post-transcription and translation levels.

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