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Hi erix,

I am sorry for not mentioning the full terms in my post.

Transcript is the mature RNA sequence that encodes a protein. Transcript is produced from DNA by the process of transcription. It starts with ATG and usually ends with TAA, TAG or TGA.

5 prime UTR (5' UTR) stands for untranslated region found in primary mRNA or pre-mRNA at one end of DNA strand with a phosphate group. It is a sequence of nucleotides.

3 prime UTR (3' UTR) means a sequence of nucleotides which is untranslated and found at the other end of a transcript with a hydroxyl group (OH).

Ensembl is a database of DNA, RNA and protein and freely available at http://www.ensembl.org/index.html

With regards,

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