Evolution of Structure in Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 550-573

  O'Donoghue, Patrick ^a   Luthey Schulten, Zaida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0346848759     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.67.4.550-573.2003     Document Type: Review

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