Mammalian aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases: Cell signaling functions of the protein translation machinery

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-26

  Brown, Meredith V ^a   Reader, John S ^a   Tzima, Ellie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases; Cell signaling; Multi synthetase complex

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TYROSINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

COMPREHENSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 76049103000     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2009.11.009     Document Type: Review

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