Translation of two nested genes in bacteriophage P4 controls immunity- specific transcription termination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5225-5233

  Forti, Francesca ^a   Polo, Simona ^a,c   Lane, Kirk B ^b,d   Six, Erich W ^b   Sironi, Gianpiero ^a   Dehò, Gianni ^a   Ghisotti, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL KILLING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0032831592     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5225-5233.1999     Document Type: Article

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