Translation of the mRNA of the maize transcriptional activator Opaque-2 is inhibited by upstream open reading frames present in the leader sequence.

doi:10.1105/tpc.5.1.65

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Translation of the mRNA of the maize transcriptional activator Opaque-2 is inhibited by upstream open reading frames present in the leader sequence.

The Plant cell - 1 Jan 1993

Lohmer S, Maddaloni M, Motto M, Salamini F, Thompson R D

Abstract excerpt

The protein encoded by the Opaque-2 (O2) gene is a transcription factor, translated from an mRNA that possesses an unusually long 5' leader sequence containing three upstream open reading frames (uORFs). The efficiency of translation of O2 mRNA has been tested in vivo by a transient assay in whic...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
DNA
Genes, Plant
Genes, Regulator
Molecular Sequence Data
Open Reading Frames
Protein Biosynthesis
RNA, Messenger
Ribosomes
Trans-Activators
Zea mays

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