Translational repression mechanisms in prokaryotes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1157-1169

  Schlax, Paula Jean ^a   Worhunsky, David J ^a  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; THREONINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR; THREONINE-TRNA LIGASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037783314     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03517.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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