Properties of H. volcanii tRNA intron endonuclease reveal a relationship between the archaeal and eucaryal tRNA intron processing systems

Cell

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 839-847

  Kleman Leyer, Karen ^a,b   Armbruster, David W ^a   Daniels, Charles J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIUM; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HALOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0030730242     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80269-X     Document Type: Article

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