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Mechanism and Regulation of Translation Initiation in Prokaryotes*

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Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression

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In this chapter we shall present a short summary of the most important concepts concerning the basic mechanism of translation initiation which are relevant for understanding the various types of regulation occurring at this particular stage of gene expression (for more extensive reviews see Gualerzi et al. 1990; Hartz et al. 1990; Gualerzi and Pon 1990; Gualerzi and Pon 1993). In addition, we shall try to summarize and/or update the information on regulation of translation initiation which has been presented in recent reviews (de Smit and van Duin 1990; Gold 1988; McCarthy and Gualerzi 1990).

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Pon, C.L., Gualerzi, C.O. (1996). Mechanism and Regulation of Translation Initiation in Prokaryotes*. In: Resnekov, O., von Gabain, A. (eds) Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression. NATO ASI Series, vol 97. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60929-9_5

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