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Mnt IRES

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Symbol
  
IRES_mnt

RNA type
  
Cis-reg; IRES

GO
  
0043022

Rfam
  
RF00457

Domain(s)
  
Eukaryota

SO
  
0000243

Mnt IRES

The Mnt internal ribosome entry site (IRES) is an RNA element. Mnt is a transcriptional repressor related to the Myc/Mad family of transcription factors. It is thought that this IRES allows efficient Mnt synthesis when cap-dependent translation initiation is reduced.

References

Mnt IRES Wikipedia