Mitochondrial translation in absence of local tRNA aminoacylation and methionyl tRNAMet formylation in Apicomplexa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 706-718

  Pino, Paco ^a   Aeby, Eric ^b   Foth, Bernardo Javier ^a   Sheiner, Lilach ^a   Soldati, Thierry ^a   Schneider, Andre ^b   Soldati Favre, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA; PEPTIDE DEFORMYLASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRNA, FORMYLMETHIONINE-;

AMINOACYLATION; APICOPLAST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRANSLATION INITIATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; APICOMPLEXA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

APICOMPLEXA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; APICOMPLEXA; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; TRANSFER RNA AMINOACYLATION;

EID: 77951537765     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07128.x     Document Type: Article

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