Functional characterization of a 48 kDa Trypanosoma brucei cap 2 RNA methyltransferase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 5594-5602

  Hall, Megan P ^a   Ho, C Kiong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; RNA; RNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VACCINIA VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA CAPS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

KINETOPLASTIDA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 33750990231     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl573     Document Type: Article

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