Table 2.

Comparison of structural elements of 5′-UTRs of PPAR-γ transcript isoforms.

Splice variant	No. of start codons	No. of start codons in 5′-UTR	Length of 5′-UTR (bases)	Strength of Kozak sequence (No. of matching bases)	No. of Kozak sequence bases bound in secondary structure	∆G° from energy dot plots kCal/mol
γ1	37	0	141	7	2	−516
γ2	39	2	106	4, 7	3, 3	−507
γ4	49	12	369	4, 7	3, 3	−590
γ5	40	3	190	7	2	−543
γ7	38	1	225	7	7	−547