Resuming translation on tmRNA: A unique mode of determining a reading frame

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5423-5433

  Williams, Kelly P ^a,b   Martindale, Kimberly A ^a   Bartel, David P ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

10Sa RNA; Protein degradation; Reading frame; Ribosome; Translational initiation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033215307     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.19.5423     Document Type: Article

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