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Review
. 1989 Jun;14(6):219-22.
doi: 10.1016/0968-0004(89)90030-3.

Alternatives for the initiation of translation

R C Herman
Review

Alternatives for the initiation of translation

R C Herman. Trends Biochem Sci. 1989 Jun.

Abstract

New evidence of exceptions to the scanning mechanism for the initiation of translation has been recently obtained. These data suggest that ribosomes can bind and initiate internally on certain mRNAs without having to scan from the 5' end.

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