Infrequent translation of a nonsense codon is sufficient to decrease mRNA level

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 515-524

  Buzina, Alla ^a   Shulman, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032915696     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.3.515     Document Type: Article

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