title: Marked for translation: long A/U tails as an interface between completion of RNA editing and ribosome recruitment.
abstract: The mechanism by which ribosomes select translatable mRNAs from the complex mixture of incompletely edited mRNAs in trypanosome mitochondria has remained a mystery. In this issue of Molecular Cell, Aphasizheva and colleagues (Aphasizheva et al., 2011) reveal a role for long 3' A/U tails in signaling ribosome recruitment to a fully edited, translatable mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA. lread@buffalo.edu
authors.forename: Laurie K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zimmer
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ammerman