Publication Date:
2014-04-23
Description:
Programmed translational bypassing is a process whereby ribosomes “ignore” a substantial interval of mRNA sequence. Although discovered 25 y ago, the only experimentally confirmed example of this puzzling phenomenon is expression of the bacteriophage T4 gene 60. Bypassing requires translational blockage at a “takeoff codon” immediately upstream of a stop...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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