IRESite record type: plasmid_with_promoter_and_putative_IRES_without_translational_characterization
The shape of the nucleic acid molecule translated: linear
The quality of the mRNA/+RNA sequence: hopefully_full-length_mRNA
The mRNA/+RNA description:
In vivo CMV transcript produced from bicistronic plasmid pDC-EMCV which encodes neomycin
phosphotransferase and beta-galactosidase as the first and the second cistron respectively and the EMCV-R IRES
(nt from -575 to nt -9 of the original sequence) inserted in between reporters.
The mRNA/+RNA sequence represented in the +DNA notation:
Credibility of mRNA sequence: end-to-end_sequence_reverse_engineered_and_should_match_experiment
The name of the promoter used to express this mRNA: CMV
Aliases of the plasmid name:
Alias: pDC-EMCV
Description of the plasmid (facultative for promoter-less plasmid records): Plasmid containing EMCV IRES (nt from -575 to -9 of the original sequence; GI:396509) inserted between
neomycin phosphotransferase and beta-galactosidase reporter genes.
The in vivo produced transcripts are heterogeneous (due to any of promoter?/splicing?/cleavage?/breakage?): not tested
The in vivo produced heterogeneous transcripts occur due to alternative splicing: not tested
A promoter reported in cDNA corresponding to IRES sequence: no
Summary of possible issues when IRES cDNA is experimentally transcribed in vivo:
Summary of experiments studying integrity of the in vivo transcripts in a particular host:
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using Northern-blot: homogeneous_population_of_molecules_confirmed
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using RNase protection: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using 5'-RACE: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using primer extension : not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using RT-PCR: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (rtqPCR): not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using RNAi: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA tested using S1 nuclease mapping: not_tested
Cryptic promoter presence was confirmed by expression from a promoter-less plasmid: not_tested
Cryptic promoter presence was confirmed in an experimental setup involving inducible promoter: not_tested
Integrity (uniformity) of mRNA molecules or possible promoter presence expressed in vivo was tested using another method, please specify in Remarks: not_tested
The description of the protein encoded in this ORF: beta-galactosidase
The translational frameshift (ribosome slippage) involved: 0
The ribosome read-through involved: no
The alternative forms of this protein occur by the alternative initiation of translation: not tested
The ORF absolute position (the base range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents): 1679-4744
Remarks:
The plasmid was used as the positive control for experiments in article Characterization of two distinct RNA
domains that regulate translation of the Drosophila gypsy retroelement (Ronfort et al., 2004; PMID: 14970395).
The IRES absolute position (the range includes START and STOP codons or their equivalents): 1110-1676
How IRES boundaries were determined: experimentally_determined
5'-end of IRES relative to last base of the STOP codon of the upstream ORF: 201
3'-end of IRES relative to last base of the STOP codon of the upstream ORF: 767
5'-end of IRES relative to first base of the START codon of the downstream ORF: -569
3'-end of IRES relative to first base of the START codon of the downstream ORF: -3
The sequence of IRES region aligned to its secondary structure (if available):
Remarks:
pDC-EMCV exhibited enhancement of the beta-Gal/neo ratio in the presence of protease P2A, indicating that the
two cistrons were not equally affected by expression of the poliovirus protease and that the EMCV segment was
able to direct cap-independent translation initiation in a bicistronic context (see Fig. 9B).