Downstream box-anti-downstream box interactions are dispensable for translation initiation of leaderless mRNAs

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4740-4748

  Resch, Armin ^a   Tedin, Karsten ^a   Gründling, Angelika ^a   Mündlein, Axel ^a   Bläsi, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Downstream box; Leaderless mRNAs; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER RNA; RNA 16S;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029811326     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00851.x     Document Type: Article

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