Cysteinyl-tRNACys Formation in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii: The Mechanism is Still Unknown

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-14

  Ruan, Benfang ^a   Nakano, Hiroaki ^a   Tanaka, Masashi ^a,c   Mills, Jonathan A ^d,e   DeVito, Joseph A ^d,f   Min, Bokkee ^a   Low, K Brooks ^b   Battista, John R ^a   Söll, Dieter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^e SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^f Rib X Pharmaceuticals Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE TRANSFER RNA; GENE PRODUCT; PROLINE TRANSFER RNA; PROLINE TRANSFER RNA SYNTHETASE; PROTEIN MJ1477; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYSS GENE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DR0705 GENE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VIVO STUDY; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; MJ1477 GENE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROS GENE; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; DEINOCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; METHANOCOCCACEAE; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCALES; METHANOPYRUS KANDLERI; METHANOTHERMOBACTER; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0346361865     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.1.8-14.2004     Document Type: Article

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