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ArticleComparative and functional genomics2012

Alternative Mechanisms to Initiate Translation in Eukaryotic mRNAs.

Encarnación Martínez-Salas, David Piñeiro, Noemí Fernández

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Article in Comparative and functional genomics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Genetic variants in mRNA untranslated regions.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Encarnación Martínez-SalasCentro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Nicolás Cabrera, 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
David Piñeiro
Noemí Fernández
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa · ESConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESUniversidad Autónoma de Madrid · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The composition of the cellular proteome is under the control of multiple processes, one of the most important being translation initiation. The majority of eukaryotic cellular mRNAs initiates translation by the cap-dependent or scanning mode of translation initiation, a mechanism that depends on the recognition of the m(7)G(5')ppp(5')N, known as the cap. However, mRNAs encoding proteins required for cell survival under stress bypass conditions inhibitory to cap-dependent translation; these mRNAs often harbor internal ribosome entry site (IRES) elements in their 5'UTRs that mediate internal initiation of translation. This mechanism is also exploited by mRNAs expressed from the genome of viruses infecting eukaryotic cells. In this paper we discuss recent advances in understanding alternative ways to initiate translation across eukaryotic organisms.

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PMID22536116
PMCPMC3321441
OpenAlexW1985957104

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