Circular mRNA can direct translation of extremely long repeating- sequence proteins in vivo

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1047-1054

  Perriman, Rhonda ^a   Ares Jr , Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular mRNA; Long repeating protein; Translation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031718582     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135583829898061X     Document Type: Article

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