Posttranscriptional modification of tRNA in psychrophilic bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1918-1923

  Dalluge, Joseph J ^a,g   Hamamoto, Tetsuo ^b   Horikoshi, Koki ^b   Morita, Richard Y ^c   Stetter, Karl O ^d   McCloskey, James A ^a,e,f  

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

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; LACTOBACILLUS; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA CONFORMATION; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOSTABILITY; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 0031002672     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.1918-1923.1997     Document Type: Article

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