Translation of the chloroplast psbA mRNA requires the nuclear-encoded poly(A)-binding protein, RB47

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 435-442

  Yohn, Christopher B ^a,d   Cohen, Amybeth ^b   Rosch, Cristen ^c   Kuchka, Michael R ^c   Mayfield, Stephen P ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genetic translation; Initiation factors; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; POLY(A)-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0032572530     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.2.435     Document Type: Article

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