AUG-proximal nucleotides regulate protein synthesis in Leishmania tropica

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 691-703

  Stanton, Julie D ^a   Mensa Wilmot, Kojo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PURINE; SPACER DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSOL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; STEADY STATE;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA;

EID: 33748317881     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05228.x     Document Type: Article

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