The role of the AUU initiation codon in the negative feedback regulation of the gene for translation initiation factor IF3 in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-346

  Sacerdot, C ^a   Chiaruttini, C ^a   Engst, K ^a   Graffe, M ^a   Milet, M ^a   Mathy, N ^a   Dondon, J ^a   Springer, M ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 3; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 16S; THREONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029742167     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6361359.x     Document Type: Article

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