Reassigning cysteine in the genetic code of Escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 543-551

  Döring, Volker ^a   Marlière, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; CYSTEINE TRANSFER RNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CODON; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; CODON; CROSSES, GENETIC; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION, MISSENSE; RNA, TRANSFER, CYS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031714985     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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