Marked for Translation: Long A/U Tails as an Interface between Completion of RNA Editing and Ribosome Recruitment

Michelle Ammerman

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Abstract

The mechanism by which ribosomes select translatable mRNAs from the complex mixture of incompletely edited mRNAs in trypanosome mitochondria has remained a mystery. In this issue of Molecular Cell, Aphasizheva and colleagues (Aphasizheva et al., 2011) reveal a role for long 3' A/U tails in signaling ribosome recruitment to a fully edited, translatable mRNA.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalMolecular Cell
Volume42
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2011

Keywords

  • Ribosomes
  • mRNA
  • Trypanosome

Disciplines

  • Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
  • Biology
  • Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Genetics and Genomics

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