Expression levels influence ribosomal frameshifting at the tandem rare arginine codons AGG_AGG and AGA_AGA in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4023-4032

  Gurvich, Olga L ^a   Baranov, Pavel V ^a,b   Gesteland, Raymond F ^a   Atkins, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ARGININE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CODON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; K 12 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

ARGININE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 20444469682     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.12.4023-4032.2005     Document Type: Article

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