| Insulin-like growth factor II IRES | |
|---|---|
| Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of IRES_IGF2 | |
| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | IRES_IGF2 |
| Rfam | RF00483 |
| Other data | |
| RNA type | Cis-reg; IRES |
| Domain(s) | Eukaryota |
| GO | 0043022 |
| SO | 0000243 |
The insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) internal ribosome entry site IRES is found in the 5' UTR of IGF-II leader 2 mRNA. This RNA element allows cap-independent translation of the mRNA and it is thought that this family may facilitate a continuous IGF-II production in rapidly dividing cells during development.[1]