viral translational frameshifting
A process which occurs during viral translation, which involves a translational recoding mechanism called programmed ribosomal frameshifting. This causes the ribosome to alter its reading of the mRNA to an a different open reading frame to produce alternate viral proteins.
GO:0016032
viral process
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GO:0019081
viral translation
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ribosomal frameshifting involved in viral translation
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