IF3-mediated suppression of a GUA initiation codon mutation in the recJ gene of Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6705-6713

  Haggerty, Timothy J ^a,b   Lovett, Susan T ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030690291     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6705-6713.1997     Document Type: Article

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