The requirement for eukaryotic initiation factor 4A (elF4A) in translation is in direct proportion to the degree of mRNA 5' secondary structure.

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Published in RNA on March 01, 2001

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Y V Svitkin1, A Pause, A Haghighat, S Pyronnet, G Witherell, G J Belsham, N Sonenberg

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1: Department of Biochemistry and McGill Cancer Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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