The reliability of in vivo structure-function analysis of tRNA aminoacylation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 391-409

  McClain, William H ^a   Jou, Ye Yu ^a   Bhattacharya, Subhra ^a   Gabriel, Kay ^a   Schneider, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacylation; In vivo analysis; Protein RNA recognition; tRNA; Wobble base pair

Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; SYNTHETASE;

AMBER MUTANT; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033538556     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2884     Document Type: Article

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