MRNA pseudoknot structures can act as ribosomal roadblocks

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 303-313

  Tholstrup, Jesper ^a   Oddershede, Lene B ^b   Sørensen, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; MESSENGER RNA PSEUDOKNOT STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; RIBOSOMAL ROADBLOCKING; RIBOSOME; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84855291528     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr686     Document Type: Article

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