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Exploring Internal Ribosome Entry Sites as Therapeutic Targets
20 Oct 2015
Abstract excerpt
Initiation of eukaryotic mRNA translation may proceed via several different routes, each requiring a different subset of factors and relying on different and specific interactions between the mRNA and the ribosome. Two modes predominate: (i) so-called cap-dependent initiation, which requires all canonical initiation factors and is responsible for about 95-97% of all initiation events in eukaryotic cells; and (ii)...
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