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. 2004 Feb 24;3(6):1051–1055. doi: 10.1016/0955-0674(91)90128-L

Ribosomal frameshifting, jumping and readthrough

Robert B Weiss 1
PMCID: PMC7134649  PMID: 1814364

Abstract

New examples of high-level ribosomal frameshift and readthrough events have been described over the past year and a half. These include −1 frameshifiting at tandem codons and + 1 frameshifiting at neighboring slow codons. Several bizarre examples of ribosome jumping and multiple stop-codon readthrough continue to perplex investigators in this field.

Abbreviations: carA-carbamoylphosphate synthetase, IS-insertion sequence, ORF-open reading frame, RF-release factor, TMV-tobacco mosaic virus, UTR-untranslated region

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