The new aspects of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 821-834

  Szymański, Maciej ^a   Deniziak, Marzanna ^a   Barciszewski, Jan ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Aminoacylation; Protein biosynthesis; tRNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RNA EDITING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; RNA EDITING;

EID: 0034569728     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2000_4000     Document Type: Review

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