tRNA(Trp) as a key element of antitermination in the Lactococcus lactis trp operon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-74

  Van De Guchte, Maarten ^a   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Chopin, Alain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STOP CODON; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CODON; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION; LAC OPERON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, TRANSFER, TRP; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0032114098     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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