The expression of E.coli threonyl-tRNA synthetase is regulated at the translational level by symmetrical operator-repressor interactions

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 5976-5987

  Romby, Pascale ^a   Caillet, Joël ^b   Ebel, Christine ^c   Sacerdot, Christine ^b   Graffe, Monique ^b   Eyermann, Flore ^a   Brunel, Christine ^a   Moine, Hervé ^a   Ehresmann, Chantal ^a   Ehresmann, Bernard ^a   Springer, Mathias ^b  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; mRNA; RNA protein interaction; Translational control; tRNA like structure

Indexed keywords

THREONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 10344237522     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00984.x     Document Type: Article

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