Functional importance of RNA interactions in selection of translation initiation codons

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Sprengart, Michael L ^a   Porter, Alan G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030980469     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3161684.x     Document Type: Review

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