A spectrophotometric assay for quantitative measurement of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase activity

Journal of Biomolecular Screening

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 490-497

  Cestari, Igor ^a   Stuart, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

aminoacyl tRNA synthetase; aminoacylation; high throughput assay; malachite green; tRNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; MALACHITE GREEN; PYROPHOSPHATE;

AMINOACYLATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYMOLOGY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

AMINOACYLATION; ENZYME ASSAYS; ISOLEUCINE-TRNA LIGASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RNA, TRANSFER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 84875729307     PISSN: 10870571     EISSN: 1552454X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087057112465980     Document Type: Article

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