Suppression of nonsense mutations in cell culture and mice by multimerized suppressor tRNA genes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3116-3124

  Buvoli, Massimo ^a   Buvoli, Ada ^a   Leinwand, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STOP CODON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CODON, TERMINATOR; COS CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; MYOCARDIUM; PLASMIDS; RNA, TRANSFER; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TONGUE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034002603     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.9.3116-3124.2000     Document Type: Article

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