Structure-specific tRNA-binding protein from the extreme thermophile Aquifex aeolicus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3475-3483

  Morales, Arturo J ^a,b   Swairjo, Manal A ^a   Schimmel, Paul ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA recognition; RNA world; RNA protein interactions; tRNA evolution; tRNA synthetase

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033564649     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.12.3475     Document Type: Article

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