Intragenic suppression in tRNA: Evidence for crosstalk between the D and the T stems

RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1220-1232

  Ramesh, Vaidyanathan ^a   Varshney, Umesh ^a   RajBhandary, Uttam L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Translation initiation; tRNA methionyl tRNA formyltransferase interaction; tRNA stability; tRNA structure; tRNA protein interactions

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; EDETIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SOLUTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030656561     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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