Translation termination in eukaryotes: Polypeptide release factor eRF1 is composed of functionally and structurally distinct domains

RNA

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 381-390

  Frolova, Ludmila Yu ^a,b,c   Merkulova, Tatyana I ^b   Kisselev, Lev L ^a,b  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Domain structure; ERF1; ERF3; Eukaryotes; Polypeptide release factors; Translation termination

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; RELEASING FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUKARYOTE; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034069537     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135583820099143X     Document Type: Article

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