Of P and Z: Mitochondrial tRNA processing enzymes

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1819, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1017-1026

  Rossmanith, Walter ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; RNA processing; RNase P; RNase Z; Transfer RNA

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEASE Z; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALGA; ARABIDOPSIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NANOARCHAEUM EQUITANS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PYROBACULUM AEROPHILUM; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; EUKARYOTA; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PROTISTA;

EID: 84864318790     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2011.11.003     Document Type: Review

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