An RNA-binding protein recognizes a mammalian selenocysteine insertion sequence element required for cotranslational incorporation of selenocysteine

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1977-1985

  Lesoon, Andrea ^a,b   Mehta, Anuradha ^a   Singh, Rajnish ^a   Chisolm, Guy M ^a   Driscoll, Donna M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Scriptgen Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; LUCIFERASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RAT; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030934409     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.1977     Document Type: Article

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