Investigating the prevalence of queuine in Escherichia coli RNA via incorporation of the tritium-labeled precursor, preQ1

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 425, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-88

  Brooks, Allen F ^a   Vélez Martínez, Carol S ^a   Hollis Showalter, H D ^a   Garcia, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Modified RNA; Non coding RNA; Queuine; RNA processing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PREQ1; QUEUINE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOSYLATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STRUCTURE;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANINE; ISOTOPE LABELING; PYRIMIDINONES; PYRROLES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER; TRITIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84865168429     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.055     Document Type: Article

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