RNA-modifying enzymes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-55

  Ferré D'Amaré, Adrian R ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE; PSEUDOURIDINE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037311295     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00002-7     Document Type: Review

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