Wobble modification differences and subcellular localization of tRNAs in Leishmania tarentolae: Implication for tRNA sorting mechanism

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 657-667

  Kaneko, Tomonori ^a   Suzuki, Takeo ^a   Kapushoc, Stephen T ^b   Rubio, Mary Anne ^b   Ghazvini, Jafar ^b   Watanabe, Kimitsuna ^a   Simpson, Larry ^b   Suzuki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania tarentolae; Mitochondria; Posttranscriptional modification; tRNA; Wobble position

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYL 2 THIOURIDINE; 5 METHOXYCARBONYLMETHYL 2' O METHYLURIDINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMINE; THIOL; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTICODON; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL NUCLEUS; LEISHMANIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, TRANSFER;

LEISHMANIA TARENTOLAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037415690     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg066     Document Type: Article

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