five_prime_EST

Term ID

SO:0001208

Synonyms

• 5' EST
• five prime EST

Definition

An EST read from the 5' end of a transcript that usually codes for a protein. These regions tend to be conserved across species and do not change much within a gene family. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/est.html

References

Ontology

Sequence Ontology