Diagramatic structure of a typical human protein coding mRNA including the untranslated regions (UTRs).It is drawn approximately to scale. The cap is only one modified base, average en:5' UTR length 170, en:3' UTR 700. Reproduced from <a class="external free" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:MRNA_structure.png">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:MRNA_structure.png</a>
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<li>derivative work: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fdardel" title="User:Fdardel">Fdardel</a> (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fdardel" title="User talk:Fdardel"><span class="signature-talk">talk</span></a>)</li></ul>
2009-03-31 17:10
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