Inhibition of translation and cell growth by minigene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1617-1622

  Tenson, Tanel ^a,b   Vega Herrera, Jesús ^c   Kloss, Patricia ^a   Guarneros, Gabriel ^c   Mankin, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0345252014     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1617-1622.1999     Document Type: Article

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