Barriers to heterologous expression of a selenoprotein gene in bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 576-582

  Tormay, Peter ^a   Böck, August ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Inst of Genetics and Microbiology   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031015877     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.3.576-582.1997     Document Type: Article

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