Shifty ciliates: frequent programmed translational frameshifting in euplotids.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Recent work suggests that there is a high frequency of programmed +1 translational frameshifting in ciliates of the Euplotes genus. Frequent frameshifting may have been potentiated by stop codon reassignment, which is also a feature of this group.
Medical subject headings
- Euplotes
- Frameshift Mutation
- Protein Biosynthesis