Posttranscriptional modifications in 16S and 23S rRNAs of the archaeal hyperthermophile Sulfolobus solfataricus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2883-2888

  Noon, Kathleen R ^a   Bruenger, Eveline ^a   McCloskey, James A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL RNA; CYTIDINE DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA METHYLATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

SULFOLOBUS SOLFACTARICUS;

EID: 0032455220     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.11.2883-2888.1998     Document Type: Article

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