The AUG start codon of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae NFS1 gene can be substituted for by UUG without increased initiation of translation at downstream codons

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 5209-5214

  Nett, Jürgen H ^a   Kessl, Jacques ^a   Wenz, Tina ^a   Trumpower, Bernard L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation codon; NFS1 gene; Ribosomal scanning; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NFS1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MITOCHONDRION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETICULOCYTE; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034797776     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02454.x     Document Type: Article

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