Aspartate identity of transfer RNAs

Biochimie

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 605-623

  Giege R ^a   Florentz, C ^a   Kern, D ^a   Gangloff, J ^a   Eriani, G ^a   Moras, D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Antideterminants; Enzymatic kinetics; Evolution; Identity determinants; RNA; RNA engineering

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ASPARTIC ACID; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0029956871     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(96)80007-1     Document Type: Article

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