RECODE: a database of frameshifting, bypassing and codon redefinition utilized for gene expression

The RECODE database is a compilation of 'programmed' translational recoding events taken from the scientific literature and personal communications. T he database deals with programmed ribosomal frameshifting, codon redefiniti on and translational bypass occurring in a variety of organisms. The entrie s for each event include the sequences of the corresponding genes, their en coded proteins for both the normal and alternate decoding, the types of the recoding events involved, trans-factors and cis-elements that influence re coding. The database is freely available at http://recode.genetics.utah.edu /.