Shine-Dalgarno-like sequences are not required for translation of chloroplast mRNAs in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplasts or in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-282

  Fargo, D C ^a,b   Zhang, M ^a   Gillham, N W ^a   Boynton, J E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Philip Morris Asia Ltd   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Chloroplast genetics; Chloroplast reporter genes; Shine Dalgarno sequence; Translational control

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; CHLOROPLAST RNA; MESSENGER RNA; SPECTINOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CODON, INITIATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROMETRY; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, CHLOROPLAST; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECTINOMYCIN; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031885756     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050648     Document Type: Article

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