tRNA's Wobble Decoding of the Genome: 40 Years of Modification

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Agris, Paul F ^a   Vendeix, Franck A P ^a   Graham, William D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anticodon structure; anticodon codon wobble interaction; codon recognition; decoding the genome; protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOSIDE; PURINE; TRANSFER RNA; URIDINE;

ANTICODON; BASE PAIRING; CODON; CONFORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; THEORY;

EID: 33846269602     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.046     Document Type: Review

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