Biosynthesis of selenocysteine on its tRNA in eukaryotes

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 0096-0105

  Xu, Xue Ming ^a   Carlson, Bradley A ^a   Mix, Heiko ^b   Zhang, Yan ^b   Saira, Kazima ^b   Glass, Richard S ^c   Berry, Marla J ^d   Gladyshev, Vadim N ^b   Hatfield, Dolph L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIVER ANTIGEN; O PHOSPHOSERYL TRANSFER RNA; SELENIDE; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE 1; SELENOPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASE 2; SERINE; SERINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDE; PHOSPHOSERINE; PHOSPHOSERYL PHOSPHOSERINE; PHOSPHOSERYL-PHOSPHOSERINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; SELENIUM; SELENIUM TRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; TRNA, SERINE; TRNA, SERINE-;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENOMICS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIPEPTIDES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENOMICS; HYDROLYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOSERINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; TRANSFERASES;

EID: 33846343236     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050004     Document Type: Article

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