Computational analysis of tRNA identity

FEBS Letters

Volumn 584, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-333

  Ardell, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Determinant; Logo; Phylogeny; Proteobacteria; tRNA

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFIER; COEVOLUTION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HYPERTHERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANDIDATUS PELAGIBACTER UBIQUE; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 71549167300     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.084     Document Type: Review

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