During normal translation, the binding of a release factor to one of the three stop codons (UGA, UAA or UAG) results in the termination of protein synthesis. However, modification of the initial ...
During the elongation phase of protein synthesis, decoding and peptidyl transfer are the two central functions of the ribosome. These tasks are performed, respectively, by the decoding center (DC) on ...
Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, have published a study in Nature Communications, comparing over 110 thousand patients with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) from Iceland, Finland ...