Aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis in archaea: Different but not unique

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 631-637

  Prætorius Ibba, Mette ^a   Ibba, Michael ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ASPARAGINE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPROTEIN;

AMINOACYLATION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; STOP CODON;

ARCHAEA; CODON; LYSINE; LYSINE-TRNA LIGASE; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFERASES;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0038011431     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03330.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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