Towards deciphering the principles underlying an mRNA recognition code

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-129

  Serganov, Alexander ^a   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 39149119601     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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