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. 2004 Dec;32(Pt 6):1081-3.
doi: 10.1042/BST0321081.

Programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting in the SARS coronavirus

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Programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting in the SARS coronavirus

F Dos Ramos et al. Biochem Soc Trans. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting is an alternate mechanism of translation used by coronavirus to synthesize replication proteins encoded by two overlapping open reading frames. For some coronaviruses, the mRNA cis-acting stimulatory structures involved in this process have been characterized, but their precise contribution to ribosomal frameshifting is not completely understood. Recently, a novel coronavirus was identified as the causative agent of the severe acute respiratory syndrome. This review describes the mRNA motifs involved in programmed -1 ribosomal frameshifting in this virus.

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