The codon specificity of eubacterial release factors is determined by the sequence and size of the recognition loop

RNA

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1623-1633

  Young, David J ^a   Edgar, Christina D ^a   Poole, Elizabeth S ^a   Tate, Warren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Codon recognition; Codon specificity; Release factor; Stop codon; Translation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MRF1; PROTEIN MRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON; CODON, TERMINATOR; EUBACTERIUM; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 77955113186     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2117010     Document Type: Article

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