Conserved upstream open reading frames in higher plants

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) can down-regulate the translation of the main open reading frame (mORF) through two broad mechanisms: ribosomal stalling and reducing reinitiation efficiency. In distantly related plants, such as...

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Main Authors: Schultz Carolyn J, Tran Michael K, Baumann Ute
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/361