The effect of tRNA levels on decoding times of mRNA codons

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 9171-9181

  Dana, Alexandra ^a   Tuller, Tamir ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROKARYOTE EVOLUTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; CODON; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84906235471     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku646     Document Type: Article

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