Significant bias against the ACA triplet in the tmRNA sequence of Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6157-6166

  Baik, Sarah ^a   Inoue, Koichi ^a   Ouyang, Ming ^b   Inouye, Masayori ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANYLCYSTEINYLALANINE; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN MAZF; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5S; TRANSFER RNA; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 70349124658     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00699-09     Document Type: Article

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