Organic Chemical
untranslated region
un·trans·lat·ed re·gion
Subclass of:
RNA, Untranslated; Gene Components; DNA, Intergenic; RNA, Messenger
Definitions related to untranslated regions:
  • A region of a messenger RNA that is not translated into protein.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • The parts of the messenger RNA sequence that do not code for product, i.e. the 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS and 3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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