Seryl-tRNA synthetase is not responsible for the evolution of CUG codon reassignment in Candida albicans

Yeast

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 313-322

  O'Sullivan, Justin M ^a   Mihr, Marian J ^a   Santos, Manuel A S ^b   Tuite, Mick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Codon reassignement; CUG codon; Seryl tRNA synthetase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ANTIBODY; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LEUCINE; SERINE; SERINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; URACIL;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; SERINE-TRNA LIGASE;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 0035869345     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0061(20010315)18:4<313::AID-YEA673>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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