Amino acid specificity in translation

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 659-665

  Dale, Taraka ^a   Uhlenbeck, Olke C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 27944508307     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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