Analysis of interactions between the codon-anticodon duplexes within the ribosome: Their role in translation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 877-890

  Lim, Valery I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Codon context effect; Codon anticodon interaction; Frameshifting; Misreading; Translation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0031567130     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0802     Document Type: Article

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