The translational stop signal: Codon with a context, or extended factor recognition element?

Biochimie

Volumn 78, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 945-952

  Tate, W P ^a   Poole, E S ^a   Dalphin, M E ^a   Major, L L ^a   Crawford, D J G ^a   Mannering, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Release factor; Site directed cross linking; Termination codon; Translational stop signal; TransTerm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RELEASE FACTOR; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030432484     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(97)86716-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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