Structure and dynamics of the iron responsive element RNA: implications for binding of the RNA by iron regulatory binding proteins.
Addess, K.J., Basilion, J.P., Klausner, R.D., Rouault, T.A., Pardi, A.(1997) J Mol Biol 274: 72-83
- PubMed: 9398517 
- DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1377
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1AQO - PubMed Abstract: 
The iron responsive element (IRE) is a approximately 30 nucleotide RNA hairpin that is located in the 5' untranslated region of all ferritin mRNAs and in the 3' untranslated region of all transferrin receptor mRNAs. The IREs are bound by two related IRE-binding proteins (IRPs) which help control intracellular levels of iron by regulating the expression of both ferritin and transferrin receptor genes ...