Recognition of tRNA(Gly) by three widely diverged Glycyl-tRNA synthetases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 640-647

  Nameki, Nobukazu ^a   Tamura, Koji ^b   Asahara, Haruichi ^c   Hasegawa, Tsunemi ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; Evolution; T7 transcript; tRNA; tRNA identity

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; GLYCATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0031560769     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0993     Document Type: Article

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