Archaeal aminoacyl-tRNA synthesis: Diversity replaces dogma

Genetics

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1269-1276

  Tumbula, Debra ^a   Vothknecht, Ute C ^a   Kim, Hyun Soo ^a   Ibba, Michael ^b   Min, Bokkee ^a   Li, Tong ^a   Pelaschier, Joanne ^a   Stathopoulos, Constantinos ^c   Becker, Hubert ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ASPARAGINE TRANSFER RNA; CYSTEINE TRANSFER RNA; LYSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PHENYLALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; SERINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; METHANOBACTERIUM THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; LYSINE-TRNA LIGASE; PHENYLALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SELENOCYSTEINE; SERINE-TRNA LIGASE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0344994571     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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