Evidence for late resolution of the AUX codon box in evolution

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 27, 2013, Pages 19625-19632

  Jones, Thomas E ^a,b,c,d   De Pouplana, Lluís Ribas ^b,c   Alexander, Rebecca W ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; AMINOACYLATION; DISCRIMINATION ABILITY; IDENTITY ELEMENTS; RECOGNITION STRATEGIES; SEQUENCE DETERMINANTS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; TRINUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO ACIDS; MACHINERY;

BIOLOGY;

ISOLEUCINE; METHIONINE; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLATION; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MRS GENE; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; MYCOPLASMA SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHESIS; AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHETASE; ANTICODON; ENZYMES; GENETIC CODE EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSFER RNA (TRNA); TRANSLATIONAL ACCURACY;

ANTICODON; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; METHIONINE-TRNA LIGASE; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; RNA, TRANSFER, ILE;

EID: 84880063734     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.449249     Document Type: Article

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