Complexes of tRNA and maturation enzymes: shaping up for translation

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-301

  Li, Hong ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; INOSINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRONS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 34347402424     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.05.002     Document Type: Review

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