The downstream box: An efficient and independent translation initiation signal in Escherichia coli

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 665-674

  Sprengart, Michael L ^a   Fuchs, Eckart ^b   Porter, Alan G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Downstream box; Ribosome binding site; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030064682     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00399.x     Document Type: Article

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