Recognition of AUG and alternative initiator codons is augmented by G in position +4 but is not generally affected by the nucleotides in positions +5 and +6

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2482-2492

  Kozak, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation codon context; mRNA structure; Protein synthesis; Scanning model; Translation

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; START CODON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CODON, INITIATOR; GUANINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0031010944     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2482     Document Type: Article

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