Lomedico P T, McAndrew S J
Nature. 1982 Sep 16;299(5880):221-6. doi: 10.1038/299221a0.
The functional assay of a eukaryotic mRNA, into which additional AUG codons have been introduced by in vitro mutagenesis, shows that a translational initiation site need not necessarily be the nearest AUG codon to the 5' end of a mRNA. Hence, the sequence surrounding the AUG, and not simply its position relative to the 5' end of mRNA, appears to be important in determining initiation efficiency.
对通过体外诱变引入了额外AUG密码子的真核生物mRNA进行功能分析,结果表明,翻译起始位点不一定是mRNA 5'端最靠近的AUG密码子。因此,AUG周围的序列,而不仅仅是其相对于mRNA 5'端的位置,在决定起始效率方面似乎很重要。