Cloning of the Mycoplasma capricolum gene encoding peptide-chain release factor

Gene

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-103

  Inagaki, Yuji ^a   Bessho, Yoshitaka ^a   Hori, Hiroshi ^a   Osawa, Syozo ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Biohistory Research Hall ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Codon recognition; Genetic code; Translation termination; UGA codon

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE CHAIN RELEASE FACTOR; RELEASING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; CODON USAGE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0029871647     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00791-1     Document Type: Article

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