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Dwayne Taliaferro
Area of Doctoral Study:Biological Sciences
Research Advisor: Dr. Philip Farabaugh
Undergraduate University: The College of William and Mary,
Williamsburg, Virginia
Description of Doctoral Research:
Translation is the process in which mRNA
representing genes are converted into functional protein products.
During translation, errors can occur that could either cause misincorporation
of an amino acid, premature dissociation of the translational apparatus,
or a shift in reading frame. Our lab uses genetic approaches to
manipulate the ribosome, mRNA, and tRNA to study these phenomena.
Insights we gain from these studies generate further resolution
into the molecular mechanisms that underlie normal canonical translation.
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