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region is a region of DNA that is not copied into the mature mRNA, but which is present adjacent to 3′-end of the gene. It was originally thought that the 3′-flanking DNA was not transcribed at all, but it was discovered to be transcribed into RNA and quickly removed during processing of the primary
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is considered to be 3′-untranslated. The 3′-untranslated region may affect the translation efficiency of the mRNA or the stability of the mRNA. It also has sequences which are required for the addition of the poly(A) tail to the message, including the hexanucleotide AAUAAA.
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transcript to form the mature mRNA. The 3′-flanking region often contains sequences that affect the formation of the 3′-end of the message. It may also contain enhancers or other sites to which proteins may bind.
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generally occur on both strands of an organism's DNA, and specify the location, direction, and circumstances under which transcription will occur. If the transcript encodes one or (rarely) more
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residues to produce mature messenger RNA. This chain helps in determining how long the messenger RNA lasts in the cell, influencing how much protein is produced from it.
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occurs, a process which is vital to producing mature messenger RNA. Capping increases the stability of the messenger RNA while it undergoes
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transcribed into mRNA and becomes the 3′-end of the message, but which does not contain protein coding sequence. Everything between the
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The 5′-end (pronounced "five prime end") designates the end of the DNA or RNA strand that has the fifth carbon in the
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sequences are written in a 5′-to-3′ direction except as needed to illustrate the pattern of base pairing.
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In the DNA segment shown, the 5′ to 3′ directions are down the left strand and up the right strand.
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that assemble various types of new strands generally rely on the energy produced by breaking
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The 3′-end (three prime end) of a strand is so named due to it terminating at the
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that lack a 3′-hydroxyl (dideoxyribonucleotides) to interrupt the replication of
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instead) at the N terminus of the protein. By convention, single strands of
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will proceed in a 5′-to-3′ direction, and will extend the protein from its
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Harvey Lodish; Arnold Berk; Paul Matsudaira; Chris A. Kaiser (2004).
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End-to-end chemical orientation of a single strand of nucleic acid
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bonds to attach new nucleoside monophosphates to the 3′-
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between them, which is essential for replication or
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