Genetic and biochemical characterization of mutations in the ATPase and helicase regions of the Upf1 protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5477-5490

  Weng, Youmin ^a,b   Czaplinski, Kevin ^a   Peltz, Stuart W ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029791449     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5477     Document Type: Article

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