A top-half tDNA minihelix is a good substrate for the eubacterial CCA- adding enzyme

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 276-284

  Shi, Pei Yong ^a   Weiner, Alan M ^a   Maizels, Nancy ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nucleotidyltransferase; tRNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EUBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031883924     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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