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. 2000 Feb 15;97(4):1325-7.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.040579197.

More surprises in translation: initiation without the initiator tRNA

U L RajBhandary  1
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More surprises in translation: initiation without the initiator tRNA

U L RajBhandary. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Codon-anticodon pairing between wild-type mRNA and wild-type E. coli initiator tRNAfMet and mutant mRNA (AUG→UAG) and mutant initiator tRNA (CAU→CUA).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Genome organization of PSIV RNA (adapted from ref. 9).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Schematic diagram of “cap-dependent” 80S initiation complex formation (adapted from ref. 17).
Figure 4
Figure 4
Schematic diagram of the capsid-coding region of PSIV RNA highlighting the CAA initiation codon (red) and the base pairing leading to formation of part of a pseudoknot structure (adapted from ref. 9).
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