A downstream CA repeat sequence increases translation from leadered and unleadered mRNA in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1025-1038

  Martin Farmer, Julie ^a,b   Janssen, Gary R ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYMER; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CODON, INITIATOR; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033000488     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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