Amino acid acceptor identity switch of Escherichia coli tmRNA from alanine to histidine in vitro

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Nameki, Nobukazu ^a   Tadaki, Toshimasa ^a   Muto, Akira ^a   Himeno, Hyouta ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alanyl tRNA synthetase; Histidyl tRNA synthetase; tmRNA; Trans translation; tRNA identity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HISTIDINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; CHIMERA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033612218     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2754     Document Type: Article

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