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. 2003 Oct 17;115(2):130-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00804-3.

The double life of ribosomal proteins

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The double life of ribosomal proteins

Robert A Zimmermann. Cell. .
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Many integral proteins of the ribosome also carry out extra-ribosomal functions as independent polypeptides, raising questions as to their evolutionary derivation. In this issue of Cell, Mazumder et al. report a surprising new twist in the dual life of these molecules: as part of a cellular response to interferon, a large-subunit protein dramatically exits the ribosome to bind and inhibit the translation of a specific mRNA.

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