Discrimination by Escherichia coli initiation factor IF3 against initiation on non-canonical codons relies on complementarity rules

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 825-837

  Meinnel, T ^a   Sacerdot, C ^b   Graffe, M ^b   Blanquet, S ^a   Springer, M ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Control; Initiation; Regulation; Ribosome; Translation

Indexed keywords

ARYLFORMAMIDASE; INITIATION FACTOR 3; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032795785     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2881     Document Type: Article

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