Reported translational bypass in a trpR'-lacZ' fusion is accounted for by unusual initiation and +1 frameshifting

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 491-498

  Wills, Norma M ^b   Ingram, Jennifer A ^b   Gesteland, Raymond F ^a   Atkins, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Frameshifting; Initiation; Translational bypass; trp repressor; trpR

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030847410     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1187     Document Type: Article

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