Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 11th, 2005
Study 1: Hepatitis C virus IRES RNA coordinates translation-associated interactions.
According to recent research from the United States, "protein synthesis in all cells begins with recruitment of the small ribosomal subunit to the initiation codon in a messenger RNA. In some eukaryotic viruses, RNA upstream of the coding region forms an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) that directly binds to the 40S ribosomal subunit and enables translation initiation in the absence of many canonical translation initiation factors."
"The hepatitis C...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-04-11)
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