A direct estimation of the context effect on the efficiency of termination

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 579-590

  Pavlov, Michael Yu ^a   Freistroffer, David V ^a   Dincbas, Vildan ^a   MacDougall, Jane ^b   Buckingham, Richard H ^b   Ehrenberg, Mås ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Context dependence; In vitro translation; Release factors; Role of RF3

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032484028     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2220     Document Type: Article

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