Making sense of nonsense: The evolution of selenocysteine usage in proteins

Genome Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Copeland, Paul R ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUBACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STOP CODON; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; SELENOCYSTEINE;

EID: 21044456214     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2005-6-6-221     Document Type: Short Survey

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