Cis-acting signals controlling translational initiation in the thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 377-384

  Condò, Ivano ^a   Ciammaruconi, Andrea ^a   Benelli, Dario ^a   Ruggero, Davide ^a   Londei, Paola ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CODON, INITIATOR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; GENES; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFOLOBUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032823485     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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