viral stop codon readthrough, viral RNA suppression of termination
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The continuation of translation of a viral mRNA beyond a stop codon by the use of a special tRNA that recognizes the UAG and UGA codons as modified amino acids, rather than as termination codons.
Source:
GOC:jl,
PMID:10839817,
GOC:bf,
GOC:ch,
VZ:859
Comment
This term is intended to annotate gene products involved in the process of viral translational readthrough, not viral proteins produced by this translation process.