Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: A new image for a classical family

Biochimie

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 683-700

  Martinis, Susan A ^b   Plateau, Pierre ^c   Cavarelli, Jean ^d   Florentz, Catherine ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Antibiotic; Molecular evolution; Protein synthesis; RNA recognition; tRNA identity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 0032729798     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(99)80126-6     Document Type: Review

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