The role of upstream sequences in selecting the reading frame on tmRNA

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>tmRNA acts first as a tRNA and then as an mRNA to rescue stalled ribosomes in eubacteria. Two unanswered questions about tmRNA function remain: how does tmRNA, lacking an anticodon, bypass the decoding machinery and enter the ribosom...

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Main Authors: Dewey Jonathan D, Robison Stephen G, Healey David W, Miller Mickey R, Buskirk Allen R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/6/29