Ribosome traffic in E. coli and regulation of gene expression

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-185

  Lesnik, T ^a   Solomovici, J ^a   Deana, A ^b   Ehrlich, R ^b   Reiss, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON USAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034695438     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.1047     Document Type: Article

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