Species-specific tRNA recognition in relation to tRNA synthetase contact residues

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Nair, Shamila ^a,c   Ribas de Pouplana, Lluís ^b   Houman, Fariba ^a   Avruch, Anthony ^a   Shen, Xiaoyu ^a   Schimmel, Paul ^b  

^a CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution of tRNA recognition; Genetic code; M. tuberculosis; Tyrosine tRNA synthetase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRINUCLEOTIDE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA;

ACYLATION; AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 0031591387     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1025     Document Type: Editorial

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