Plastid mRNA translation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1132, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-91

  Sugiura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

5 UTR; Chloroplast; Cis element; Codon; In vitro translation system; MRNA; Ribosome; Trans factor; Translation; TRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; CHLOROPLAST RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CODON; CODON USAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMAL CELL; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CHLOROPLAST GENOME; GENETICS; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; START CODON; TOBACCO;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLASTS; CODON, INITIATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, CHLOROPLAST; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; READING FRAMES; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA, CHLOROPLAST; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TOBACCO;

EID: 84910153571     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-995-6_4     Document Type: Article

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