Processing of human mitochondrial tRNA(GCU)(S)er(AGY): A novel pathway in tRNA biosynthesis

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 365-371

  Rossmanith, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial tRNA; Precursor tRNA 3'endonuclease; RNase P; tRNA processing; tRNA(Ser)

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; SERINE TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031592477     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0750     Document Type: Editorial

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