Table 6

Functional elements in UTRsite collection annotated in UTRdb entries

Functional elements

Localization (UTR)

Number of annotated entries^*

15-lipoxygenase differentiation control element (15-LOX-DICE)

3'

94

Adh mRNA down-regulation element

3'

61

Amyloid precursor protein 3' UTR destabilizing element

3'

15

Class 2 AU-rich elements (ARE2)

3'

70

Bruno-responsive element (BRE)

3'

199

Barley yellow dwarf virus (bydv)

5' and 3'

6

Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE)

3'

5,186

GLUT1 mRNA-stability control element

5' and 3'

66

Histone mRNA 3' UTR stem loop

3'

38

Iron responsive element (IRE)

5' and 3'

121

Internal ribosome entry site (IRES)

5'

7,356

Msl-2 3' UTR control element

3'

19

Msl-2 5' UTR control element

5'

5

Nanos translation control element

3'

1

Ribosomal S12 mRNA translational control element

5'

2

Selenocysteine insertion sequence type 1 (SECIS-1)

3'

1,773

Selenocysteine insertion sequence type 2 (SECIS-2)

3'

355

Tra-2 and GLI element (TGE)

3'

81

TNF-α mRNA stability control element

3'

8

Terminal oligopyrimidine tract (TOP)

5'

272

Upstream ORF

5'

71,438

Vimentin mRNA 3' UTR control element

3'

6

^*The number of genes in UTRdb [47] in which the structure is found as of June 2001.

Mignone et al. Genome Biology 2002 3:reviews0004.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-3-reviews0004