Translational control of maturation-protein synthesis in phage MS2: A role for the kinetics of RNA folding?

RNA

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 79-88

  Groeneveld, Herman ^a   Thimon, Karine ^a   Van Duin, Jan ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kinetics of RNA folding; RNA phage; RNA secondary structure; Translation

Indexed keywords

MATURATION PROTEIN, ENTEROBACTERIO PHAGE MS2; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COLIPHAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA TRANSLATION; VIROLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; KINETICS; LEVIVIRUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR PROBES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0029258675     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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