Expression of the bacteriophage T4 DNA terminase genes 16 and 17 yields multiple proteins

Gene

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 179-189

  Franklin, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Mosig, Gisela ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene evolution; Overlapping genes; Recombination; RNA processing; Transcription translation regulation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RIBOSOME; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS GENE;

EID: 0030600476     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00299-5     Document Type: Article

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