The missing link in the eukaryotic ribosome cycle.
A truly groundbreaking paper by Pisarev et al. (2007), recently published in Cell, has solved a wide gap in our knowledge of eukaryotic mRNA translation, by elucidating how ribosomes are released from mRNA after the termination step.
Jackson
Richard J
RJ
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK. rjj@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk
D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000502:physiology; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010443:Peptide Chain Termination, Translational / Q000502:physiology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000502:physiology*
D012333:RNA, Messenger