Evolutionary anomalies among the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 630-636

  Doolittle, Russell F ^a   Handy, Jacob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031769997     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80030-0     Document Type: Article

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