The role of modifications in codon discrimination by tRNALysUUU

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1186-1191

  Murphy, Frank V ^a   Ramakrishnan, Venki ^a   Malkiewicz, Andrzej ^b   Agris, Paul F ^c  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CODON; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA STABILITY; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTICODON; BASE PAIRING; CODON; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA, TRANSFER, LYS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 16544395239     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb861     Document Type: Article

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