The +4G site in Kozak consensus is not related to the efficiency of translation initiation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Xia, Xuhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GLYCINE; METHIONINE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KOZAK CONSENSUS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

MAMMALIA;

ALANINE; CODON; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCINE; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 35348842498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000188     Document Type: Article

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