An unusual pattern of protein expression and localization of yeast alanyl-tRNA synthetase isoforms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 189-198

  Huang, Hsiao Yun ^a   Tang, Huei Lin ^a   Chao, Hen Yi ^a   Yeh, Lu Shu ^b   Wang, Chien Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE CYTOPLASMIC ISOENZYME; ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE ISOENZYME; ALANINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE MITOCHONDRIAL ISOENZYME; FUNGAL ENZYME; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; MET1 PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACG TRIPLET; ALA1 GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CODON; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; START CODON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALANINE-TRNA LIGASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, INITIATOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; ISOENZYMES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33644841413     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05083.x     Document Type: Article

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