Translation initiation at the CUU codon is mediated by the internal ribosome entry site of an insect picorna-like virus in vitro

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1219-1226

  Sasaki, Jun ^a   Nakashima, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CISTRON; CODON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PICORNAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VIRUS CAPSID; VIRUS GENOME;

PLAUTIA STALI;

EID: 0032927056     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.2.1219-1226.1999     Document Type: Article

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