Translational activation in coliphage Qβ: On a polycistronic messenger RNA, repression of one gene can activate translation of another

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-310

  Priano, Christine ^a   Arora, Ruchi ^a   Jayant, Lalitha ^a   Mills, Donald R ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliphage Q RNA; Lysis protein; Maturation; Polycistronic mRNA; RNA structure; Translational activation

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; COLIPHAGE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0031583472     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1194     Document Type: Article

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