The '+70 pause': Hypothesis of a translational control of membrane protein assembly

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 77-86

  Képès, François ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Codon bias; Membrane protein assembly; mRNA translation; Protein targeting; Ribosome pausing

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CODON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030595344     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0500     Document Type: Article

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