A Competition Mechanism Regulates the Translation of the Escherichia coli Operon Encoding Ribosomal Proteins L35 and L20

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 612-625

  Haentjens Sitri, Julie ^a   Allemand, Frédéric ^a   Springer, Mathias ^a   Chiaruttini, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

competition; messenger RNA; ribosomal protein; ribosome; translation

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEINM L20; RIBOSOME PROTEINM L35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; THERMODYNAMICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37349116261     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.058     Document Type: Article

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