Molecular genetics of the peptidyl transferase center and the unusual Var1 protein in yeast mitochondrial ribosomes

Experientia

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1148-1157

  Mason, T L ^a   Pan, C ^a   Sanchirico, M E ^a   Sirum Connolly, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene relocation; Mitochondrial ribosomes; Peptidyl transferase; Posttranscriptional rRNA modification; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Var1 ribosomal protein

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

GENETIC CONSERVATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030450956     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01952114     Document Type: Review

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