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N-Formylmethionine

Known as: N Formylmethionine, formylmethionine, Formylmethionine, N 
Effective in the initiation of protein synthesis. The initiating methionine residue enters the ribosome as N-formylmethionyl tRNA. This process… 
National Institutes of Health

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Amino Acids, Sulfur
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Review
2006
Review
2006
The sulfur-containing amino acids: an overview.
Methionine, cysteine, homocysteine, and taurine are the 4 common sulfur-containing amino acids, but only the first 2 are… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Translational termination efficiency in mammals is influenced by the base following the stop codon.
The base following stop codons in mammalian genes is strongly biased, suggesting that it might be important for the termination… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Mitochondrial N-formylmethionyl proteins as chemoattractants for neutrophils
  • H. Carp
  • The Journal of experimental medicine
  • 1982
  • Corpus ID: 610965
Mitochondria synthesize several hydrophobic proteins. Like bacteria, mitochondria initiate protein synthesis with an N… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Organization of the recA gene of Escherichia coli.
The restriction map of a BamHI DNA fragment that contains the recA gene of Escherichia coli has been established and a large… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
N-formylmethionyl peptides as chemoattractants for leucocytes.
Leucocytes such as neutrophils are attracted by N-formylmethionine, but not by methionine. Di- and tripeptides containing… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The molecular mechanism of thermal unfolding of Escherichia coli formylmethionine transfer RNA.
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Complementary Oligonucleotide Binding to the Anticodon Loop of fMet-transfer RNA
Exposed, unpaired areas of an RNA molecule will bind complementary tri and tetranucleotides. The binding can be measured by… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Initiation of Haemoglobin Synthesis by Methionyl-tRNA
The synthesis of haemoglobin in a cell free system containing yeast tRNA is initiated by a specific methionine tRNA. Another… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
On the release of the formyl group from nascent protein.
  • J. M. Adams
  • Journal of molecular biology
  • 1968
  • Corpus ID: 35679734
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Ribosome-catalysed reaction of puromycin with a formylmethionine-containing oligonucleotide.
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