title: Alternatives for the initiation of translation.
abstract: New evidence of exceptions to the scanning mechanism for the initiation of translation has been recently obtained. These data suggest that ribosomes can bind and initiate internally on certain mRNAs without having to scan from the 5' end.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Herman
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010442:Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012333:RNA, Messenger