Aminoacylation of tRNA with phosphoserine for synthesis of cysteinyl-tRNACys

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-514

  Zhang, Chun Mei ^a   Liu, Cuiping ^a   Slater, Simon ^a   Hou, Ya Ming ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE TRANSFER RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; PHOSPHOSERINE; TRANSFER RNA;

ACYLATION; AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

AMINOACYLATION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; KINETICS; METHANOCOCCACEAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOSPHOSERINE; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL;

METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 43249105572     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1423     Document Type: Article

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