Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase classes and groups in prokaryotes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 221-229

  de Farias, Sávio Torres ^a   Guimarães, Romeu Cardoso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Archaea; Bacteria; Groups; Phylogeny; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID; ARCHEAN; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; RECONSTRUCTION; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 37349009952     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.09.025     Document Type: Article

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