Molecular mimicry: Structural camouflage of proteins and nucleic acids

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1783, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-187

  Tsonis, Panagiotis A ^a   Dwivedi, Bhakti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular mimicry; Protein DNA; Protein tRNA; RNA tRNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA SPLICING; SURVIVAL; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 38349029442     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.11.001     Document Type: Review

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