Diet-dependent depletion of queuosine in tRNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans does not lead to a developmental block

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 747-754

  Gaur, Rahul ^a   Björk, Glenn R ^b   Tuck, Simon ^b   Varshney, Umesh ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli B105; Mannosylated queuosine (manQ); Q metabolism

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; QUEUOSINE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFER RNA;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; PROTEIN; RNA; SUGAR; TRACE ELEMENT; TUMOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEOSIDE Q; RNA, TRANSFER;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34848816186     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: 02505991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12038-007-0074-4     Document Type: Article

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