Plasmodium falciparum translational machinery condones polyadenosine repeats

Plasmodium falciparum is a causative agent of human malaria. Sixty percent of mRNAs from its extremely AT-rich (81%) genome harbor long polyadenosine (polyA) runs within their ORFs, distinguishing the parasite from its hosts and other sequenced organisms. Recent studies indicate polyA runs cause rib...

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Main Authors: Slavica Pavlovic Djuranovic, Jessey Erath, Ryan J Andrews, Peter O Bayguinov, Joyce J Chung, Douglas L Chalker, James AJ Fitzpatrick, Walter N Moss, Pawel Szczesny, Sergej Djuranovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2020-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/57799