Folate-dependent ihymidylate-forming enzymes: Parallels between DNA and RNA metabolic enzymes and evolutionary implications

DNA and RNA Modification Enzymes: Structure, Mechanism, Function and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 275-289

  Myllykallio, Hannu ^a   Skouloubris, Stephane ^a   Grosjean, Henri ^a   Liebl, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE ET BIOSCIENCES   (France)

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