Initiation of protein synthesis in bacteria

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-123

  Laursen, Brian Søgaard ^a   Sørensen, Hans Peter ^a   Mortensen, Kim Kusk ^a   Sperling Petersen, Hans Uffe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARYLFORMAMIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; FORMYLMETHIONINE; HYDROLASE; INITIATION FACTOR 1; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 3; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; PROTEIN METHIONYL TRNA TRANSFORMYLASE; PROTEIN PEPTIDYL TRNA HYDROLASE; PROTEIN RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S1; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; START CODON; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 14844340954     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.69.1.101-123.2005     Document Type: Review

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