The output of the tRNA modification pathways controlled by the Escherichia coli MnmEG and MnmC enzymes depends on the growth conditions and the tRNA species

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2602-2623

  Moukadiri, Ismaïl ^a   Garzón, M José ^a   Björk, Glenn R ^b   Armengod, M Eugenia ^a,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLAMINOMETHYL; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM ACETATE; ARGININE TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMINE TRANSFER RNA; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; LEUCINE TRANSFER RNA; MNMC PROTEIN; MNMEG PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MNMC GENE; MNMEG GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSFER RNA MODIFICATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; ONE-CARBON GROUP TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, GLN; RNA, TRANSFER, LEU; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895792563     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1228     Document Type: Article

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