Functional and structural analysis of a pseudoknot upstream of the tag-encoded sequence in E. coli tmRNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 733-744

  Nameki, Nobukazu ^a   Felden, Brice ^c   Atkins, John F ^b   Gesteland, Raymond F ^b   Himeno, Hyouta ^a   Muto, Akira ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c NONE

Author keywords

10 Sa RNA; Structural probing; tmRNA pseudoknot; trans translation

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033605218     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2487     Document Type: Article

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