Structural feature of the initiator tRNA gene from Pyrodictiumn occultum and the thermal stability of its gene product, tRNA(i)(MET)

Biochimie

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 847-855

  Ushida, C ^a   Muramatsu, T ^a   Mizushima, H ^a   Ueda, T ^b   Watanabe, K ^b   Stetter, Ko ^c   Crain, Pf ^d   McCloskey, Ja ^d,e   Kuchino, Y ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperthermophilic archaeum; In vitro transcription; Melting temperature; Nucleotide sequence; Posttranscriptional modification

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; PHOSPHORUS 32; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA PROBE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TATA BOX; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0030455540     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(97)84337-4     Document Type: Article

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