Nascent polypeptide sequences that influence ribosome function

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 160-166

  Cruz Vera, Luis Rogelio ^a   Sachs, Matthew S ^b   Squires, Catherine L ^c   Yanofsky, Charles ^d  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NASCENT POLYPEPTIDE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHANASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 79954608924     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.01.011     Document Type: Review

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