Domain-specific recruitment of amide amino acids for protein synthesis

Nature

Volumn 407, Issue 6800, 2000, Pages 106-110

  Tumbula, Debra L ^a   Becker, Hubert D ^a   Chang, Wei Zhong ^a   Söll, Dleter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ASPARAGINE TRANSFER RNA; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PROTEIN;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; ARCHAEA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOBACTERIUM; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034618571     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35024120     Document Type: Article

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