| Literature DB >> 8002988 |
K C Gupta1, E Ono, E V Ariztia, M Inaba.
Abstract
Sendai virus P/C mRNA, human erythrocyte membrane protein 4.1 mRNA and PDGF-B chain mRNA were used to test whether translation initiation from non-AUG codons in COS1 cells was mRNA species dependent. Site-directed mutants of the authentic translation start sites of these mRNAs to alternate start codons showed that while P/C mRNA is capable of initiating translation from non-AUG start sites the other two mRNAs are not. Our study shows that translation initiation from non-AUG codons is mRNA species dependent and suggests that higher order structure of an mRNA determines the non-AUG translation start site.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8002988 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.1739
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575