Presence of tRNA-dependent pathways correlates with high cysteine content in methanogenic Archaea

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-63

  Klipcan, Liron ^a   Frenkel Morgenstern, Milana ^a   Safro, Mark G ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CYSTEINE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; METHANOGENESIS; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; SHORT SURVEY;

AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; EURYARCHAEOTA; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOME; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 38549173745     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2007.11.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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