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Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) as translational regulators in human disease

dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorRomão, Luísa
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-12T11:25:10Z
dc.date.available2021-05-12T11:25:10Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-11
dc.descriptionAtlas of Science is established to help scientists share, and to bring science to the broader audience. The publication of Layman summaries by academic researchers and access to these summaries for the general public will always be free of charge.pt_PT
dc.description.abstractThe messenger RNA (mRNA) translation process is a key step of gene expression, whose regulation allows the cell to rapidly change protein synthesis in a spatio-temporal manner in response to different stimuli. Translation comprises four steps – initiation, elongation, termination, and ribosome recycling – being initiation the rate-limiting step that is, therefore, prone to a tighter regulation. Among the regulatory elements and factors that can act in this stage, there are the upstream open reading frames (uORFs), which represent coding regions defined by an initiation codon in the 5’ leader sequence [also known as 5’ untranslated region (UTR)] of the mRNAs, in frame with an upstream termination codon or overlapped with the main open reading frame (mORF) that encodes the protein. These cis-acting elements are typically considered to be repressors of downstream translation in basal conditions since they may function as “barriers” to ribosomes, impeding them to reach the mORF.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7737
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherAoS Nordic ABpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://atlasofscience.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced-cache/1/upstream-open-reading-frames-uorfs-as-translational-regulators-in-human-disease.pdfpt_PT
dc.subjectGenetic Diseasept_PT
dc.subjectNon-AUG Upstream Open Reading Frame (uORF)pt_PT
dc.subjectStresspt_PT
dc.subjectTranslational Regulationpt_PT
dc.subjectTranslatomept_PT
dc.subjectuORFpt_PT
dc.subjectuORF-encoded Peptidept_PT
dc.subjectGenómica Funcional e Estruturalpt_PT
dc.subjectDoenças Genéticaspt_PT
dc.titleUpstream open reading frames (uORFs) as translational regulators in human diseasept_PT
dc.typeother
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleAtlas of Sciencept_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typeotherpt_PT

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