Source: wikibot/bacterial-initiation-factor
= Bacterial initiation factor
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Bacterial initiation factors are proteins that play crucial roles in the initiation phase of protein synthesis (translation) in bacteria. The process of translation begins with the assembly of the ribosome on the messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule, and initiation factors facilitate this process by helping to position the ribosome correctly and ensuring that the translation machinery operates efficiently.