The C-terminus of eRF1 defines a functionally important domain for translation termination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 485-496

  Eurwilaichitr, Lily ^a,b   Graves, Fiona M ^a   Stansfield, Ian ^a,c   Tuite, Mick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RIBOSOME; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032937983     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01346.x     Document Type: Article

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