Assays for the identification of inhibitors targeting specific translational steps

Methods in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 142, Issue , 2008, Pages 87-105

  Brandi, Letizia ^a   Dresios, John ^a   Gualerzi, Claudio O ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial translation initiation; Eukaryotic translation; Translation inhibitors

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 43949116478     PISSN: 15431894     EISSN: 19406037     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-246-5_8     Document Type: Article

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