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Induction of Frameshifting by a Viral Pseudoknot

Caption: Mammalian ribosomes caught in the process of frameshifting. The ice block symbolizes the cryo-electron microscopy used to image the ribosomes, the background is a compilation of different viral RNA pseudoknots (artwork by Oliver Long and Stephen Moran)

Credit: image courtesy Long and Moran.

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