Identification of pseudouridine methyltransferase in Escherichia coli

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2223-2233

  Ero, Rya ^a   Peil, Lauri ^a   Liiv, Aivar ^a   Remme, Jaanus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Methyltransferase; Post transcriptional modifications; Pseudouridine; Ribosome; RlmH; YbeA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PSEUDOURIDINE; PSEUDOURIDINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PSEUDOURIDINE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 52949137027     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1186608     Document Type: Article

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