Specific function of a G·U wobble pair from an adjacent helical site in tRNA(Ala) during recognition by alanyl-tRNA synthetase

RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-109

  McClain, William H ^a   Gabriel, K ^a   Schneider, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

helical irregularity; in vivo analysis; nonsense suppressor; tRNA identity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINOACYLATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER, ALA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029850045     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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