Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in biology and disease: New evidence for structural and functional diversity in an ancient family of enzymes

RNA

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 954-960

  Francklyn, Christopher ^a   Musier Forsyth, Karin ^b   Martinis, Susan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG DESIGN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0030756651     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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