Origins of minigene-dependent growth inhibition in bacterial cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2701-2709

  Heurgué Hamard, Valérie ^a   Dinçbas, Vildan ^a   Buckingham, Richard H ^a,b   Ehrenberg, Måns ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Mini gene; Peptidyl tRNA; Release factor; Ribosome recycling; Translation termination

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038278345     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.11.2701     Document Type: Article

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