Mutations which alter the elbow region of tRNA2(Gly) reduce T4 gene 60 translational bypassing efficiency

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2886-2896

  Herr, Alan J ^a   Atkins, John F ^a   Gesteland, Raymond F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Codon anticodon stability; sacB; Translational bypassing; tRNA structure

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER, GLY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0033577756     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.10.2886     Document Type: Article

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