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Understanding the Translation Regulatory Mechanisms to Improve the Efficiency and the Specificity of Protein Production by the Cell Factory

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Although transcription already constitutes a very diverse and flexible means for the eucaryotic cell to control gene expression, it is but the very first step in the long chain of events which ultimately leads to the product of gene expression: the protein.

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