Structured RNA upstream of insect cap distal iron responsive elements enhances iron regulatory protein-mediated control of translation

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1699-1710

  Nichol, Helen ^a   Winzerling, Joy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cap proximal; Ferritin; Iron; Iron responsive element; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; INITIATION FACTOR 4F; INSECT PROTEIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; PRIMER DNA; RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4F; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CALPODES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0036891074     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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