Specificity shifts in the rRNA and tRNA nucleotide targets of archaeal and bacterial m5U methyltransferases

RNA

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-53

  Auxilien, Sylvie ^a   Rasmussen, Anette ^b   Rose, Simon ^b   Brochier Armanet, Céline ^c   Husson, Clotilde ^d   Fourmy, Dominique ^d   Grosjean, Henri ^a,e   Douthwaite, Stephen ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

5 methyluridine; Archaea; Horizontal gene transfer; MALDI MS; RRNA modification

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHEAN; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; IN VITRO STUDY; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; THERMOCOCCALES;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NANOARCHAEOTA; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; THERMOCOCCALES;

EID: 78650489654     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2323411     Document Type: Article

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