Translational control of puf operon expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2.4.1

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2057-2069

  Gong, Limin ^a   Kaplan, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; pufK; Rare codon; Rhodobacter; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CODON; DNA FLANKING REGION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES 2.4.1; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029820729     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-8-2057     Document Type: Article

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