A unified view of the initiation of protein synthesis

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 341, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 675-678

  Nakamoto, Tokumasa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Initiation of protein synthesis; Shine Dalgarno hypothesis; Unique accessibility hypothesis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

CODON; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; RIBOSOMES; RNA;

EID: 31744448923     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.019     Document Type: Short Survey

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