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SUBMITTER: Zhang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7889888 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Hong H Wang Yirong Y Wu Xinkai X Tang Xiaolu X Wu Changcheng C Lu Jian J
Nature communications 20210217 1
Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) play widespread regulatory functions in modulating mRNA translation in eukaryotes, but the principles underlying the genomic distribution and evolution of uORFs remain poorly understood. Here, we analyze ~17 million putative canonical uORFs in 478 eukaryotic species that span most of the extant taxa of eukaryotes. We demonstrate how positive and purifying selection, coupled with differences in effective population size (N<sub>e</sub>), has shaped the contents ...[more]