Translation of the mRNA for the sporulation gene spoIIID of Bacillus subtilis is dependent upon translation of a small upstream open reading frame

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1324-1328

  Decatur, Amy ^a   McMurry, Michelle T ^a   Kunkel, Barbara N ^a,b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0031039254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1324-1328.1997     Document Type: Article

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