Protein biogenesis in Archaea: Addressing translation initiation using an in vitro protein synthesis system for Haloferax volcanii

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Ring, Gabriela ^a   Londei, Paola ^b,c   Eichler, Jerry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaea; Haloferax volcanii; Leader sequence; Protein translation; Shine Dalgarno motif; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

EID: 34247122396     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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