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. 2020 Sep 9;11:2111. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.02111

FIGURE 5.

FIGURE 5

Ribosome binding and stalling can alter mRNA degradation. In some cases, ribosome stalling can mask RNase cleavage sites, increasing the half-life of a transcript. Elements that prevent ribosome binding, such as translation initiation inhibitors, lead to shorter mRNA half-lives.