Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: Versatile players in the changing theater of translation

RNA

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1363-1372

  Francklyn, Christopher ^a   Perona, John J ^a   Puetz, Joern ^a   Hou, Ya Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Genetic code

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CELL CYCLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SPLICING; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036849261     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838202021180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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