Mitochondrial import of only one of three nuclear-encoded glutamine tRNAs in Tetrahymena thermophila

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 3286-3295

  Rusconi, Christopher P ^a   Cech, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic code; Mitochondria; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; RNA import; tRNA gene

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0030035107     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00693.x     Document Type: Article

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