A tRNA(Glu) gene from the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus contains the 3'-terminal CCA sequence of the mature tRNA

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Cann, Isaac K O ^a   Ishino, Yoshizumi ^a  

^a BIOMOL ENG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaea; CCA adding enzyme; Gene organization; Methanococcus jannaschii

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANTICODON; ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PYROCOCCUS; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, TRANSFER, GLU; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS;

EID: 0032521322     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00027-5     Document Type: Article

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