Mutations in RNAs of both ribosomal subunits cause defects in translation termination

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1507-1514

  Arkov, Alexey L ^a   Freistroffer, David V ^b   Ehrenberg, Måns ^b   Murgola, Emanuel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

In vitro termination; Mutant rRNAs; Protein synthesis; RF2 defect

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; POINT MUTATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032473357     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1507     Document Type: Article

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