TRANSLATIONAL FRAMESHIFTING IN THE CONTROL OF TRANSPOSITION IN BACTERIA

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作者
CHANDLER, M
FAYET, O
机构
[1] CNRS, Toulouse, 31062
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10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb01140.x
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The expression of an increasing number of genes of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic origin has been shown to be regulated at the translational level by programmed (sequence-specific) ribosomal frameshifting. Among these are the bacterial insertion sequences IS1 and two members of the widely distributed IS3-family, IS150 and IS911. Frameshifting provides a means of specifying several proteins with different functions using a minimum of genetic information. In this review, we survey present understanding of the way in which frameshifting is integrated into the overall control of transposition activity in these elements.
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