Structural plasticity in RNA and its role in the regulation of protein translation in coliphage Qβ

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 589-600

  Jacobson, A B ^a   Arora, R ^b   Zuker, M ^c   Priano, C ^b   Lin, C H ^a   Mills, D R ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Annotated structure plots; Electron microscopy; Q ; RNA structure; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; COLOR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS GENOME;

UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032579197     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1472     Document Type: Article

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