Molecular and Functional Dissection of a Putative RNA-binding Region in Yeast MitochondrialLeucyl-tRNA Synthetase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 384-394

  Nawaz, Mir Hussain ^a   Pang, Yan Ling Joy ^a   Martinis, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid editing; aminoacylation; group I intron; protein synthesis; RNA splicing

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PEPTIDE; RDW PEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; INTRON; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA SPLICING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847132709     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.12.051     Document Type: Article

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