Functional specificity of amino acid at position 246 in the tRNA mimicry domain of bacterial release factor 2

Biochimie

Volumn 78, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 935-943

  Uno, M ^a   Ito, K ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

E coli RF 2; Release factor; Salmonella RF 2; Stop codon recognition; tRNA mimicry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RELEASE FACTOR 2; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; REPORTER GENE; SALMONELLA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0030437751     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(97)86715-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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