Multiple roles of the coding sequence 5' end in gene expression regulation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-28

  Tuller, Tamir ^a   Zur, Hadas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODON; MESSENGER RNA; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; TRANSFER RNA;

CHEMISTRY; CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY RNA SEQUENCE; RIBOSOME; RNA FOLDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

CODON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, RIBONUCLEIC ACID; RIBOSOMES; RNA FOLDING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84941104916     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1313     Document Type: Article

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