Post-transcriptional control of bacteriophage T4 gene 25 expression: mRNA secondary structure that enhances translational initiation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 291-304

  Nivinskas, Rimas ^a   Malys, Naglis ^a   Klausa, Vytautas ^a   Vaiškunaite, Rita ^a   Gineikiene, Egle ^a  

^a Institute of Biochemistry   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage T4; Gene 25 expression; RNA secondary structure; T4 mutants; Translational initiation region

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0033531972     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2695     Document Type: Article

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