The translational cis-regulatory element of mammalian ribosomal protein mRNAs is recognized by the plant translational apparatus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-388

  Shama, Silvian ^a   Meyuhas, Oded ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

polysomes; ribosomal proteins; translational control; wheat germ

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FIBROBLAST; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0029875022     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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