Genetic probing of the interaction between the translation factor SelB and its mRNA binding element in Escherichia coli

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 800-806

  Kromayer, M ^a   Neuhierl, B ^a   Friebel, A ^a   Bock A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intergenic suppressors; Secis element; SelB; Selenocysteine

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; HYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033376119     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051143     Document Type: Article

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