Three, four or more: The translational stop signal at length

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-219

  Tate, Warren P ^a   Mannering, Sally A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0029773416     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6391352.x     Document Type: Review

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