Shifty ciliates: frequent programmed translational frameshifting in euplotids.
Recent work suggests that there is a high frequency of programmed +1 translational frameshifting in ciliates of the Euplotes genus. Frequent frameshifting may have been potentiated by stop codon reassignment, which is also a feature of this group.
Klobutcher
Lawrence A
LA
Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06032, USA. klobutcher@nso2.uchc.edu
Farabaugh
Philip J
PJ
D000818:Animals; D003062:Codon; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D016812:Euplotes / Q000235:genetics*; D016368:Frameshift Mutation; D008954:Models, Biological; D008957:Models, Genetic; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
D003062:Codon; D018388:Codon, Terminator; D012333:RNA, Messenger