Differential expression of individual suppressor TRNA(Trp) gene family members in vitro and in vivo in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 703-709

  Li, Ling ^a   Linning, Rob M ^a   Kondo, Kazunori ^b   Honda, Barry M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031930779     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.2.703     Document Type: Article

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