The expression of many eukaryotic genes is regulated at the level of translation initiation. The first step in the initiation process is binding of the small ribosomal subunit (40S) to the mRNA.

More information: Julie Thomy et al, Eukaryotic viruses encode the ribosomal protein eL40, npj Viruses (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44298-024-00060-2 ...

This is the first eukaryotic virus (a virus that infects ... These genes must help the virus replicate, but, as is the case with the ribosomal protein, it is not always clear how.

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa discovered that the virus FloV-SA2 encodes a ribosomal protein, eL40, essential for the production of ribosomes, which translate genetic information ...

This is the first eukaryotic virus (a virus that infects ... We were excited to discover that this virus encodes a ribosomal protein called eL40. It makes sense that a virus could benefit from ...

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