Can tRNAs act as antisense RNA? The case of mutA and dnaQ

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Dorazi, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Antisense; Asymmetric polymerase; Epsilon; mutA; Replication; Translation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNAQ PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; MUTACIN II PREPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DNA Q; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC MODEL; GENETICS; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RNA HYBRIDIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0242298203     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00268-6     Document Type: Article

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