Aminoacylation of the anticodon stem by a tRNA-synthetase paralog: Relic of an ancient code?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 519-522

  Grosjean, Henri ^a   De Crécy Lagard, Valérie ^b   Björk, Glenn R ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; CYCLOPENTENE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; HYDROXYL GROUP; NUCLEOSIDE; QUEUOSINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; CELL METABOLISM; EUBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4644221389     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2004.08.005     Document Type: Short Survey

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