Untranslated regions of mRNAs

Table 2 Examples of genes with 5' UTRs longer than average and with upstream ORFs and/or repeat elements

			5' UTR features
UTR^*	EMBL^†	Gene description	Length	Repeats	uORFs
5HSA002333	M13994	B-cell leukemia/lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) proto-oncogene	1,458	2	7
5HSA017553	X63547	Tre oncogene	2,858	1	10
5SSC000518	AJ000928	c-Myc proto-oncogene (Sus scrofa)	1,330	3	13
5HSA016490	AF074913	Transcription factor Pax-5	1,125	0	2
5HSA024311	AJ297406	Transcription factor II B-related factor	1,437	2	7
5HSA001903	AF006822	Myelin transcription factor 2 (MYT2)	1,155	0	8
5HSA004086	M62302	Growth/differentiation factor 1 (GDF-1)	1,346	2	1
5HSA004101	M22373	Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-II)	1,169	3	0

Accession numbers in the ^*UTRdb [47] and ^†EMBL databases [52]. Abbreviations: uORFs, upstream ORFs.

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