Translational Frameshifting
《英文msh詞典》Translational Frameshifting
[入口詞] Translational Frameshifting
[主題詞] Frameshifting,Ribosomal
[中文釋義] 翻譯移碼
[英文釋義] A directed change in translational READING FRAMES that allows the production of a single protein from two or more OVERLAPPING GENES. The process is programmed by the nucleotide sequence of the MRNA and is sometimes also affected by the secondary or tertiary mRNA structure. It has been described mainly in VIRUSES (especially RETROVIRUSES),RETROTRANSPOSONS,and bacterial insertion elements but also in some cellular genes.