Internal ribosome entry sites (IRESs): Reality and use

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-177

  Houdebine, Louis Marie ^a   Attal, Joe ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

IRES; Mechanism of action; Ribosomes; Scanning

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MESSENGER RNA; PROCESS MONITORING; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0033150274     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008909908180     Document Type: Review

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