GenomicsbioRxivPreprint
Initiation codon context governs translation-coupled mRNA decay and coordinated expression in the human parasite Leishmania
Ana Maria Murta Santi, Thomas Cokelaer, Juliana Pipoli da Fonseca…·Gerald Frank Spaeth
This study shows that the Kozak sequence context influences mRNA stability and protein expression in Leishmania by modulating translation-coupled decay and polysome recruitment.
DOI 10.64898/2026.07.01.735800