Domain Structure of the Selenocysteine-specific Translation Factor SelB in Prokaryotes

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Böck, August ^a   Hilgenfeld, Rolf ^b   Tormay, Peter ^a   Wilting, Reinhard ^a   Kromayer, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SELB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SELENOCYSTEINYL TRNA; SELENOCYSTEINYL-TRNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; PROKARYOTIC CELL; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031225689     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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