title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università di Milano, Via Celoria, 26, 20133 Milano, Italy. graziano.pesole@unimi.it
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mignone
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gissi
authors.forename: Sabino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liuni
authors.forename: Graziano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pesole
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018387:Codon, Initiator / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional / Q000235:genetics; D020871:RNA Stability / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020506:Untranslated Regions / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D020506:Untranslated Regions