 Iron-responsive element (source code)

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= Iron-responsive element

= IRE
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= Iron response element
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A structured <RNA> recognition element bound by <iron regulatory proteins>. In suitable 5′ contexts it controls <biological translation>, whereas a 3′ stability-control context can regulate <RNA decay>. It is not an autonomous iron-sensing riboswitch.

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