Silent substitutions predictably alter translation elongation rates and protein folding efficiencies

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 422, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-335

  Spencer, Paige S ^a   Siller, Efraín ^a   Anderson, John F ^a   Barral, José M ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

protein folding; protein synthesis; sequence engineering; synonymous substitutions; tRNA

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84865098071     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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