Selenocysteine tRNAs as Central Components of Selenoprotein Biosynthesis in Eukaryotes

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 116-124

  Park, Sang Ick ^a   Park, Jin Mo ^b   Chittum, Harold S ^a   Yang, Eun Sung ^b   Carlson, Bradley A ^a   Lee, Byeong Jae ^b   Hatfield, Dolph L ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SELENOPROTEIN; SERINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA; TRNA, SELENOCYSTEINE; TRNA, SELENOCYSTEINE-;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONFORMATION; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; SELENOPROTEINS; SERINE-TRNA LIGASE; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031230374     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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