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Abstract
The expression of an increasing number of genes of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic origin has been shown to be regulated at the translational level by programmed (sequence-specific) ribosomal frameshifting. Among these are the bacterial insertion sequences IS1 and two members of the widely distributed IS3-family, IS150 and IS911. Frameshifting provides a means of specifying several proteins with different functions using a minimum of genetic information. In this review, we survey present understanding of the way in which frameshifting is integrated into the overall control of transposition activity in these elements.Mesh:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8384687 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01140.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Microbiol ISSN: 0950-382X Impact factor: 3.501