Late events of translation initiation in bacteria: A kinetic analysis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2127-2136

  Tomšic, Jerneja ^a   Vitali, Luca A ^a   Daviter, Tina ^b   Savelsbergh, Andreas ^b   Spurio, Roberto ^a   Striebeck, Petra ^b   Wintermeyer, Wolfgang ^b   Rodnina, Marina V ^b   Gualerzi, Claudio O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

A site binding; Fast kinetics; IF2 dependent GTPase; Phosphate release; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; INITIATION FACTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA; PHOSPHATE; POLYURIDYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0342264747     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.9.2127     Document Type: Article

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