A story with a good ending: tRNA 3′-end maturation by CCA-adding enzymes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-17

  Xiong, Yong ^a,b   Steitz, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CCA ADDING ENZYME; CYSTEINE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHATE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA BINDING;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32344447144     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2005.12.001     Document Type: Review

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