Voltage-gated potassium-channel Kv1.4 IRES

Voltage-gated potassium-channel Kv1.4 IRES
Predicted secondary structure and sequence conservation of IRES_Kv1_4
Identifiers
Symbol IRES_Kv1_4
Rfam RF00447
Other data
RNA type Cis-reg; IRES
Domain(s) Eukaryota
GO 0043022
SO 0000243

This family represents the Kv1.4 voltage-gated potassium channel internal ribosome entry site (IRES). This region has been shown to mediate internal ribosome entry in cells derived from brain, heart, and skeletal muscle; tissues known to express Kv1.4 mRNA species.[1]

References

  1. ^ Jang, GM; Leong LE, Hoang LT, Wang PH, Gutman GA, Semler BL (2004). "Structurally distinct elements mediate internal ribosome entry within the 5'-noncoding region of a voltage-gated potassium channel mRNA". J Biol Chem 279 (46): 47419–47430. doi:10.1074/jbc.M405885200. PMID 15339906. 

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