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| Mnt IRES |
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| Type: |
Cis-reg; IRES; |
| 2° structure: |
Predicted; PFOLD; Moxon SJ |
| Seed alignment: |
Published; 11314024 |
| Avg length: |
203.1 nucleotides |
| Avg identity: |
97% |
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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]
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