Mutations that alter initiation codon discrimination by Escherichia coli initiation factor IF3

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 803-810

  Sacerdot, C ^a   De Cock, E ^c   Engst, K ^a   Graffe, M ^a   Dardel, F ^b   Springer, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Control; Regulation; Ribosome; Translation

Indexed keywords

INITIATION FACTOR 3; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; START CODON; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033591240     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2737     Document Type: Article

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