A yeast tRNA mutant that causes pseudohyphal growth exhibits reduced rates of CAG codon translation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 284-300

  Kemp, Alain J ^a   Betney, Russell ^a   Ciandrini, Luca ^b   Schwenger, Alexandra C M ^a   Romano, M Carmen ^a,b   Stansfield, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CAG REPEAT; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SUP70 GENE;

CODON; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, REPORTER; HYPHAE; LUCIFERASES; MUTATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84872395280     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12096     Document Type: Article

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