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. 2003 Jan 27;76(9):815–821. doi: 10.1016/0300-9084(94)90182-1

Determinants of translational fidelity and efficiency in vertebrate mRNAs

M Kozak 1
PMCID: PMC7125885  PMID: 7880897

Abstract

This article reviews current knowledge on the mechanisms affecting the fidelity of initiation codon selection, and discusses the effects of structural features in the 5′-non-coding region on the efficiency of translation of messenger RNA molecules.

Keywords: initiation of translation, scanning model, mRNA structure

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