Ribosome-initiator tRNA complex as an intermediate in translation initiation in Escherichia coli revealed by use of mutant initiator tRNAs and specialized ribosomes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4734-4739

  Wu, Xin Qi ^a   Iyengar, Puneeth ^a   RajBhandary, Uttam L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation complex; Initiator tRNA; Ribosomes

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029835702     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00850.x     Document Type: Article

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