Translational recoding in archaea

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 793-803

  Cobucci Ponzano, Beatrice ^a   Rossi, Mosè ^a   Moracci, Marco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Hyperthermophiles; Programmed frameshifting; Pseudogenes; Stop codon readthrough

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; PYRROLYSINE; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ARCHAEON; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; FRAMESHIFTING, RIBOSOMAL; LYSINE; SELENOCYSTEINE;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 84868363982     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-012-0482-8     Document Type: Review

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