Initiation of protein synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria without formylation of the initiator tRNA

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2886-2892

  Li, Yan ^a   Holmes, William B ^b   Appling, Dean R ^b   RajBhandary, Uttam L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINOHYDROLASES; CODON, INITIATOR; FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; FORMIC ACIDS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYDROXYMETHYL AND FORMYL TRANSFERASES; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); MITOCHONDRIA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034015357     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2886-2892.2000     Document Type: Article

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