Glutamine is incorporated at the nonsense codons UAG and UAA in a suppressor-free Escherichia coli strain

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1627, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Nilsson, Michaela ^a   Rydén Aulin, Monica ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Release factor; Suppression; Translational termination; tRNAGln; tRNATrp

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PROTEIN A; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STOP CODON; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037692000     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(03)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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