Suppression of nonsense mutations induced by expression of an RNA complementary to a conserved segment of 23S rRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 5257-5262

  Chernyaeva, Natalya S ^a,b   Murgola, Emanuel J ^b   Mankin, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0032835112     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.17.5257-5262.1999     Document Type: Article

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