Protein tagging at rare codons is caused by tmRNA action at the 3′ end of nonstop mRNA generated in response to ribosome stalling

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-255

  Li, Xia ^a   Hirano, Rieko ^a   Tagami, Hideaki ^a   Aiba, Hiroji ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mRNA cleavage; Nonstop mRNA; Rare codon; Ribosome stalling; tmRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; TRANSFER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CODON; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 31044445793     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2212606     Document Type: Article

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