Structural features in eukaryotic mRNAs that modulate the initiation of translation.

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Summary

In higher eukaryotes, translation is modulated at the level of initiation by five aspects of mRNA structure: (i) the m7G cap; (ii) the primary sequence or context surrounding the AUG codon; (iii) the position of the Aug codon, i.e. whether or not it s “first”; (iv) secondary structure both upstream and downstream from the AUU; and (v) leader length.

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1991-10-25
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Start codon, Ribosome, Eukaryotic translation, Biology, Protein subunit

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