Pseudouridine in RNA: What, where, how, and why

IUBMB Life

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 341-351

  Charette, Michael ^a   Gray, Michael W ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base stacking; Box H ACA snoRNA; Hydrogen bonding; Pseudouridine; Pseudouridine synthase; RNA; Water bridge

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOURIDINE;

EUBACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033935223     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165400410182     Document Type: Review

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