Phenotypic heterogeneity of mutational changes at a conserved nucleotide in 16 S ribosomal RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1113-1123

  Pagel, Frances T ^a   Zhao, Song Q ^a   Hijazi, Kathryn A ^a   Murgola, Emanuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

16 S rRNA; C1054 mutations; Helix 34; Peptide chain termination; C1054

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STOP CODON; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031576998     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0943     Document Type: Article

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