Internal ribosome entry site biology and its use in expression vectors

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 458-464

  Martínez Salas, Encarnación ^a  

^a CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; MESSENGER RNA;

CISTRON; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON;

EID: 0344898562     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(99)00010-5     Document Type: Review

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