5′-End maturation of tRNA in Aquifex aeolicus

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 389, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-403

  Marszalkowski, Michal ^a   Willkomm, Dagmar K ^a   Hartmann, Roland K ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aquifex aeolicus; Aquifex pyrophilus; Aquificales; RNase P; rnpA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BUFFER; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; AQUIFICALES; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; AQUIFEX PYROPHILUS; AQUIFICALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYDROGENOBACTER THERMOPHILUS; THERMOCRINIS RUBER;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 44649177016     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2008.042     Document Type: Article

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