Enzymatic formation of modified nucleosides in tRNA: Dependence on tRNA architecture

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 67-85

  Grosjean, Henri ^a   Edqvist, Johan ^b,d   Stråby, Kerstin B ^b   Giegé, Richard ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microinjection; Tertiary structure; tRNA maturation; Xenopus laevis; Yeast tRNA(Asp)

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; ENZYME MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029966338     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0007     Document Type: Article

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