An AUG initiation codon, not codon-anticodon complementarity, is required for the translation of unleadered mRNA in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 987-1001

  Van Etten, William J ^a   Janssen, Gary R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031780494     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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