The function of SECIS RNA in translational control of gene expression in Escherichia coli

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6925-6934

  Thanbichler, Martin ^a   Böck, August ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; MRNA binding protein; RNA secondary structure; Selenocysteine; Translation

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RNA; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CODON; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SECIS ELEMENT; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LAC OPERON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SELENIUM; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037121962     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf673     Document Type: Article

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