Domain structure of the prokaryotic selenocysteine-specific elongation factor SelB

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 413-420

  Kromayer, M ^a   Wilting, R ^a   Tormay, P ^a   Bock A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; Protein synthesis; RNA binding protein; SelB; Selenocysteine

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; MESSENGER RNA; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM; DESULFOMICROBIUM BACULATUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOORELLA THERMOACETICA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030568977     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0525     Document Type: Article

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