Structure of the C-terminal end of the nascent peptide influences translation termination

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1696-1704

  Björnsson, Asgeir ^b   Mottagui Tabar, Salim ^a   Isaksson, Leif A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Codon context; Nascent peptide; Protein structure; Ribosome pausing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA DEGRADATION; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029923751     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00515.x     Document Type: Article

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