I came across a term like "non canonical translation in RNA viruses".
What does the term canonical mean?...even though after a dictionary search I havent got a satisfied answer. Does the word "Canonical" or "Non canonical" have any different meaning with respect to molecular biology?
Canonical refers to something that follows the law stated by the canon, canon refers to the bible in general. In this context, non-canonical translation means a deviation from the general known rules of translation.
viruses are under continuous selection pressure to keep their genome sizes to a minimum, viruses have evolved such novel translation strategies in order to thrive in the host cells.
Canonical refers to something that follows the law stated by the canon, canon refers to the bible in general. In this context, non-canonical translation means a deviation from the general known rules of translation.
viruses are under continuous selection pressure to keep their genome sizes to a minimum, viruses have evolved such novel translation strategies in order to thrive in the host cells.
@Vamsi Bharadwaj SV : Thanks very much for the detailed and lucid explanation sir.
It also conveys non-mainstream. You may have heard "canonical signalling", which basically means signalling pathways that are deemed by experts to exist.
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