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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 13-28Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1313
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- German Israeli Foundation (GIF)
- NOFAR program
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The codon composition of the coding sequence's (ORF) 5' end first few dozen codons is known to be distinct to that of the rest of the ORF. Various explanations for the unusual codon distribution in this region have been proposed in recent years, and include, among others, novel regulatory mechanisms of translation initiation and elongation. However, due to the fact that many overlapping regulatory signals are suggested to be associated with this relatively short region, its research is challenging. Here, we review the currently known signals that appear in this region, the theories related to the way they regulate translation and affect the organismal fitness, and the debates they provoke.
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