cap

Term ID

SO:0000581

Synonyms

Definition

A structure consisting of a 7-methylguanosine in 5'-5' triphosphate linkage with the first nucleotide of an mRNA. It is added post-transcriptionally, and is not encoded in the DNA. http://seqcore.brcf.med.umich.edu/doc/educ/dnapr/mbglossary/mbgloss.html

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5%27_cap

Ontology

Sequence Ontology