Translational repression by the bacteriophage T4 gene 32 protein involves specific recognition of an RNA pseudoknot structure

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 89-104

  Shamoo, Yousif ^a   Tam, Amy ^a,b   Konigsberg, William H ^a   Williams, Kenneth R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein: RNA interactions; Pseudoknots; Translational control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027291857     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1993.1372     Document Type: Article

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