Role of ribosome recycling factor (RRF) in translational coupling

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3788-3798

  Inokuchi, Yoshio ^d   Hirashima, Akikazu ^a   Sekine, Yasuhiko ^b   Janosi, Laszlo ^c   Kaji, Akira ^c  

^a Yakult Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Initiation; Recycling; Ribosome; Ribosome recycling factor (RRF); Translational coupling

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; STOP CODON; VIRUS GENE;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE GA;

EID: 0034679627     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3788     Document Type: Article

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