The human RNA 3'-terminal phosphate cyclase is a member of a new family of proteins conserved in Eucarya, Bacteria and Archaea

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2955-2967

  Genschik, Pascal ^b   Billy, Eric ^a   Swianiewicz, Michal ^a   Filipowicz, Witold ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adenylylation; Cyclic phosphate; RNA ligation; RNA modification; RNA processing

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ADENYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; DATA BASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA METABOLISM; RNA SPLICING; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LIGASES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030926016     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2955     Document Type: Article

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