Recent progress of structural biology of tRNA processing and modification

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 157-166

  Nakanishi, Kotaro ^a   Nureki, Osamu ^b,c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Modification; Processing; tRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEOMICS; RIBOSOME; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER; TRNA METHYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 26044435441     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2005.01.021     Document Type: Article

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