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The 5′-terminus 7-methylguanosine of vesicular stomatitis virus mRNA is not essential for translation of the mRNA. The 7-methylguanosine seems to have a mediating rather than an obligatory role in ribosome binding by the mRNA and in mRNA translation.
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Rose, J., Lodish, H. Translation in vitro of vesicular stomatitis virus mRNA lacking 5′-terminal 7-methylguanosine. Nature 262, 32–37 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/262032a0
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