Leaderless genes in bacteria: clue to the evolution of translation initiation mechanisms in prokaryotes

Leaderless genes in bacteria: clue to the evolution of translation initiation mechanisms in prokaryotes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Shine-Dalgarno (SD) signal has long been viewed as the dominant translation initiation signal in prokaryotes. Recently, leaderless genes, which lack 5'-untranslated regions (5'-UTR) on their mRNAs, have been shown abundant...

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Main Authors: Hu Gang-Qing, Zheng Xiaobin, She Zhen-Su, Zhu Huaiqiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/361

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