Endonucleolytic processing of CCA-less tRNA precursors by RNase Z in Bacillus subtilis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 4534-4543

  Pellegrini, Olivier ^a   Nezzar, Jamel ^b   Marchfelder, Anita ^b   Putzer, Harald ^a   Condon, Ciarán ^a  

^a INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 tRNase; CCA; Endonuclease; RNase Z; tRNA

Indexed keywords

EXORIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE Z; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENE; CATALYSIS; CCA MOTIF; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; YQJK GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARCHAEA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0043239333     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg435     Document Type: Article

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