Evolution of the Protein Synthesis Machinery and Its Regulation

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A review on the origin of the different codes for translation: Marco V. José, National University of México, México.

Evolution of ribosomes: Williams and Anton Petrov.

Origins and early evolution of ribosomes: George Fox, University of Houston.

Evolution of ribosomes and ribosomal proteins: Gustavo Caetano-Anolles.

The translation process during the evolutionary transition from prokaryotes to eukaryotes: Greco Hernández, Vincent G. Osnaya, Alejandra García and Miguel L. García-León, National Institute of Cancer, México.

Evolution of translational control: from archaea to eukarya: Dario Benelli, Anna La Teana and Paola Londei, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Distribution of elongation family GTPases EF1A and EFL in basal alveolate lineages: P. J. Keeling.

Evolution of mRNA structure; the eukaryotic mRNA 5´- and 3´- untranslated regions and their role in translational regulation:

How lower eukaryotes contribute on our understanding of eIF4E-dependent translation: Daniela Ross and Michael Altmann, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Evolution of functionally divergent eIF4Es and their roles in the regulation of mRNA recruitment and developmental processes: Gritta Tettweiler, Nahum Sonenberg, Paul Lasko and Greco Hernández, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, and National Institute of Cancer, Mexico.

Evolution of eIF4E and eIF4G interactions in trypanosomes: O. P. de-Melo-Neto

Evolution of the functionally divergent eIF4E family members in deuterostomes: Rosemary Jagus, Kate Gillespie, Tsetso Bachvaroff, University of Maryland.

Evolution of the eIF2alpha kinases and translational control: Stephan Rosenberg

Evolution and use of eIF2alpha kinases in the apicomplexans and their role in life history of the parasites Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii: Ronald Wek and Sullivan.

Evolution of the TOR pathway and translational regulation: M. E. Cardenas.

Origin and diversification of eIF4E-binding proteins. Rosemary Jagus and Greco Her

Evolution of the protein synthesis machinery in mitochondria: Yolanda Camacho-Villasana, Angélica Zamudio-Ochoa, Rodolfo García-Villegas Aldo E. García-Guerrero and Xochitl Pérez-Martínez, National University of Mexico, Mexico.

Relationship between plant translation initiatio

Evolution of miRNAs and RNA binding proteins in eukaryotes: Luiz O. Penalva, Marcia Santos and Erzsebet Kokovay, University of Texas.

Evolutionary conservation of the machineries coupling RNA transport with translation in eukaryotes: Paula Vazquez-Pianzola, Greco Hernández and Beat Suter, University of Bern, Switzerland, and National Institute of Cancer, Mexico.