Selection for intragenic suppressors of lethal 23S rRNA mutations in Escherichia coli identifies residues important for ribosome assembly and function

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 278, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 677-687

  O'Connor, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoding fidelity; Inter subunit bridge; Ribosome; rRNA lethal mutation; Suppressor

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, LETHAL; MUTATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36049038922     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0284-3     Document Type: Article

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