The downstream atpE cistron is efficiently translated via its own cis-element in partially overlapping atpB-atpE dicistronic mRNAs in chloroplasts

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 9405-9412

  Suzuki, Haruka ^a   Kuroda, Hiroshi ^a   Yukawa, Yasushi ^a   Sugiura, Masahiro ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; ATPB GENE; ATPE GENE; CHLOROPLAST; CIS ELEMENT; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; START CODON; STOP CODON; TOBACCO;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; CHLOROPLAST PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; CODON, TERMINATOR; GENES, CHLOROPLAST; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; TOBACCO;

EID: 82255181553     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr644     Document Type: Article

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