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. 2012 Apr 18;3:59. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00059

Table 1.

Special keywords and their corresponding classification for a RNA chain.

Keywords Significance
UTR, EXON, INTRON mRNA
CODON, ANTIOCODON, ACCEPTOR tRNA-fragment, A-site, P-site, E-site, tRNA X-MER (e.g., tRNA 30-MER) tRNA
OPAL or AMBER or OCHRE tRNA – OPAL or AMBER or OCHRE
RIBONUCLEASE P, RNASE P Ribonuclease
FMET, FME, INITIATOR, INI, PRIMER tRNA
S-TURN, CATALYTIC RNA, HAMMERHEAD Ribozyme
APTAMER Riboswitch
4.8S, 5S, 5.8S, 16S, 18S, 23S, 28S, 30S, 50S, 70S, 80S rRNA
4.5S, 7S, 7SL SRP-RNA