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The Journal of Cell Biology, Vol 108, 229-241, Copyright © 1989 by The Rockefeller University Press
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M Kozak
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260.
The small (40S) subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes is believed to bind initially at the capped 5'-end of messenger RNA and then migrate, stopping at the first AUG codon in a favorable context for initiating translation. The first-AUG rule is not absolute, but there are rules for breaking the rule. Some anomalous observations that seemed to contradict the scanning mechanism now appear to be artifacts. A few genuine anomalies remain unexplained.
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