Versatile dual reporter gene systems for investigating stop codon readthrough in plants.

Translation is most often terminated when a ribosome encounters the first in-frame stop codon (UAA, UAG or UGA) in an mRNA. However, many viruses (and some cellular mRNAs) contain "stop" codons that cause a proportion of ribosomes to terminate and others to incorporate an amino acid and co...

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Main Authors: Nga T Lao, Alan P Maloney, John F Atkins, Tony A Kavanagh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2754532?pdf=render