CCA-adding enzymes and poly(A) polymerases are all members of the same nucleotidyltransferase superfamily: Characterization of the CCA-adding enzyme from the archaeal hyperthermophile Sulfolobus shibatae

RNA

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 895-908

  Yue, Dongxian ^a   Maizels, Nancy ^a,b   Weiner, Alan M ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase ; evolution; polynucleotide phosphorylase; tRNA

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA POLYMERASE I; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SULFOLOBUS; TEMPERATURE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE;

EID: 0029903451     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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