A Transcriptional Pause Synchronizes Translation with Transcription in the Tryptophanase Operon Leader Region

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 6472-6476

  Gong, Feng ^a,b   Yanofsky, Charles ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOZAMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN TNAC; PUROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OPERON LEADER REGION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION PAUSE SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHANASE;

EID: 0142152455     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.21.6472-6476.2003     Document Type: Article

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