Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Molecular Biology

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The articles on 5' and 3' ends of DNA and RNA have conflicting title formatting in regards to the prime symbol:

1. 5′ flanking region - with a prime symbol

2. Five-prime cap - spelled out with a hyphen

3. Five prime untranslated region - spelled out without a hyphen

Is there any consensus on which is the most appropriate to use?

Pyrometry (talk|contribs) 10:45, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

In the scientific literature, "5'" is the formal and most common way to write these ends. "Five-prime" is a phonetic spelling that is sometimes used in educational contexts, so that students learn that is it five-prime instead of five-apostrophe. "Five prime" just seems a misspelling. I would say that "5'" is the most appropriate for the title, but by all means show the phonetic five-prime version in the prose as an alternative name seen in the wild and allow it as an alternative-spelling redirect. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk} 11:14, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

All three of these articles should be converted to simple redirects to other articles. We need to get serious about eliminating redundancy and concentrate on getting a small number of articles correct. Genome42 (talk) 16:12, 8 January 2026 (UTC)

How does the article on Transcriptional activator LAG-3 relate to Lymphocyte-activation gene 3? Is this one and the same topic or not? Thanks for your help. I´m trying to de-orphan the former. Ruud Buitelaar (talk) 03:21, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I posted a well-sourced edit request on Talk:MiRTarBase to update outdated infobox fields, lead statistics, external link, and references (NAR database issue papers 2011–2025). If anyone has time to review/implement, I’d appreciate it. Thanks! OrientC (talk) 02:19, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

I've made a stab at addressing this. Comments on the article talk page. Dbsseven (talk) 13:06, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

@Dbsseven Thanks a lot for taking a look and for the pointer — I'll respond on the article talk page comments. Much appreciated. OrientC (talk) 14:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

The redirect Pseudogenetics has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 February 14 § Pseudogenetics until a consensus is reached. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 20:45, 14 February 2026 (UTC)