Identification of the miaB gene, involved in methylthiolation of isopentenylated A37 derivatives in the tRNA of Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 7256-7265

  Esberg, Birgitta ^a   Leung, Hon Chiu Eastwood ^b   Tsui, Ho Ching Tiffany ^b,c   Bjork, Glenn R ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA METABOLISM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032725978     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.23.7256-7265.1999     Document Type: Article

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