The divergent eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis has an m7G cap methyltransferase capable of a single N2 methylation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6848-6858

  Simoes Barbosa, Augusto ^a,b   Louly, Camila ^a   Franco, Octávio L ^b   Rubio, Mary A ^c   Alfonzo, Juan D ^c   Johnson, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EUKARYOTE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA CAP ANALOGS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; METAZOA; PROTISTA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 57149085059     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn706     Document Type: Article

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