Term Name: | RNA_thermometer |
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Synonyms: | RNA thermometer, RNA thermoregulator, RNAT, thermoregulator |
Definition: | An RNA_thermometer is a cis element in the 5' end of an mRNA that can change its secondary structure in response to temperature and coordinate temperature-dependent gene expression. |
Ontology: | Sequence Ontology [SO:0002168] |