Translation in eukaryotic organisms is a vital process in the gene expression pathway. This process requires control and precision to generate functional proteins that mediate cell activities. Previously, a large scale screening approach identied 80 novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae's genes that appeared to aect translation delity. In this current research, four candidate genes were selected for further investigation: YGR117C, YNL122C, YJR014W and YNL040W. The deletions of these genes were investigated for their eects on translation delity using plasmids, pUKC817, pUKC818 and pUKC819, containing premature stop codons, UAA, UGA and UAG, respectively, in LacZ cassette. A GAL1 inducible plasmid was used to test translation eciency of these deletion strains. YNL040W and YJR014W were screened for genetic interactions with other translation genes. Altogether, our ndings provide evidence for the involvement of the target genes in translation. It also supports the idea that there exist other novel translation genes that need to be investigated. ii I would like to give my utmost gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Ashkan Golshani, whose support, guidance and contributions have helped me considerably throughout the research. I would also like to extend my thanks to my thesis committee member Dr. Myron Smith who have given insightful ideas for improvements of the research. Thanks to Bahram Samanfar for training and continuous technical support and encouragements in the lab. Thanks to Dr. Firoozeh Chalabian for her collaboration. I would also like to thank all the lab members who have provided constant encouragements and kindness. Thank you to my family for their support throughout my studies and to my wonderful partner, Kevin Kung, for his love, encouragements