Begin at the beginning: evolution of translational initiation

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 493-501

  Benelli, Dario ^a   Londei, Paola ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Domains of life; Initiator tRNA; mRNA structure; Translation initiation factors; Universal common ancestor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70349995848     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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