viral translational readthrough

Term ID

GO:0039705

Synonyms

• viral RNA suppression of termination
• viral stop codon readthrough

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. 10839817

References

• VZ:859

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO