Dynamics and efficiency in vivo of UGA-directed selenocysteine insertion at the ribosome

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2284-2293

  Suppmann, Sabine ^a,c   Persson, Britt C ^a,b   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EF Tu; Ribosomal pausing; SelB; Selenocysteine; Translation efficiency

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; MESSENGER RNA; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN; SERINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0033560765     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.8.2284     Document Type: Article

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