Escherichia coli translation initiation factor 3 discriminates the initiation codon in vivo

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-360

  Sussman, Jacqueline K ^a   Simons, Elizabeth L ^a   Simons, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 3;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029745401     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6371354.x     Document Type: Article

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