The Bacillus subtilis nucleotidyltransferase is a tRNA CCA-adding enzyme

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 6276-6282

  Raynal, Lelia C ^a   Krisch, Henry M ^a   Carpousis, Agamemnon J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0031727237     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.180.23.6276-6282.1998     Document Type: Article

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