Active Suppressor tRNAs with a Double Helix between the D- and T-loops

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 462-475

  Kotlova, Natalia ^a   Ishii, Tetsu M ^a   Zagryadskaya, Ekaterina I ^a   Steinberg, Sergey V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

L shape; molecular modelling; selection in vivo; T loop; tRNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DNA HELIX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 34548839373     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.058     Document Type: Article

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