Mechanism and regulation of selenoprotein synthesis

Annual Review of Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue , 2003, Pages 17-40

  Driscoll, Donna M ^a   Copeland, Paul R ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

SECIS; Selenium; Selenocysteine; Termination; Translation

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; ELONGATION FACTOR; RNA; SELB PROTEIN; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; KINETICS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA STABILITY; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; CODON; HUMANS; KINETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041317009     PISSN: 01999885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nutr.23.011702.073318     Document Type: Review

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