SECIS



Figure 1:Translation of mRNA requires a SECIS-element in case of selenocysteine.

(A) (B)

This scheme shows the basic secis strucutral motif, with the critical positions marked in red (A), and some of the "real" secis elements found in 3'UTR mRNA human transcripts (B).


Geneid is used to predict selenoprotein genes in human genome (among others).

Secisearch allows you to find "posible" secis elements within a specific sequence.



Click the link to obtain more information about the secis elements of the selenoproteins under study:





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