Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com], Cell Research, 12(24), p. 1383-1384, 2014
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2014.114
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When ribosomes encounter upstream open reading frames (uORFs) during scanning of the 5' untranslated region (5' UTR), translation of the downstream ORF requires re-initiation. In a recent paper in Nature, Schleich et al. describe metazoan factors which specifically promote re-initiation.