Hi Dandan,

Your description is exactly right for genes on the positive strand.  So, 
the coordinates for UTRs for + strand genes are:

5'UTR: txStart to cdsStart
3'UTR: cdsEnd to txEnd

For - strand genes, the logic is flipped.  "Start" is still the lower 
number, so "start" refers to the 3' end and "end" refers to the 5' end:

5'UTR: cdsEnd to txEnd
3'UTR: txStart to cdsStart

chr21   33104005         33104431 5' utr
chr21   33073071         33073142 3' utr

You should also be aware that the Genome Browser table coordinates are 
zero-based, half-open:

http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQtracks.html#tracks1
http://genomewiki.ucsc.edu/index.php/Coordinate_Transforms

If you have further questions, please contact us again at 
[email protected].

--
Brooke Rhead
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group


On 3/23/12 12:42 AM, 海丹 严 wrote:
> Dear sir,
>
>
> I have tried to find the 5'UTR Exons and u3'UTR Exons of  hg19
> descriptions in table browser when I choose output format of BED. But
> I didn't find them. I think  the start position of   5'UTR Exons is
> txStart,  the end position of   5'UTR Exons is cdsStart,  the start
> position of  3'UTR Exons is cdsEnd,  the end position of  3'UTR Exons
> is txEnd. I want to ensure what I think is right or not.
>
>
>
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