The Adaptor hypothesis revisited

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 311-316

  Ibba, Michael ^a   Becker, Hubert D ^b   Stathopoulos, Constantinos ^b   Tumbula, Debra L ^b   Söll, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOZYME; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE TRANSFER; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANS SPLICING;

EID: 0034234758     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01600-5     Document Type: Note

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