Evolution Of The Unnecessary : Investigating How fMet Became Central In Bacterial Translation Initiation
All bacteria initiate translation using formylated methionine, yet directly after translation, the formyl-group is removed. This sequence of addition and removal appears futile, yet every sequenced bacterial genome encodes the enzymes for formylation and deformylation, suggesting this process is ess...
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University of Canterbury. School of Biological Sciences
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10334 |