A common tRNA modification at an unusual location: The discovery of wyosine biosynthesis in mitochondria

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 4362-4373

  Sample, Paul J ^a   Kořený, Luděk ^b,e   Paris, Zdeněk ^a,f   Gaston, Kirk W ^c   Rubio, Mary Anne T ^a   Fleming, Ian M C ^a   Hinger, Scott ^a   Horáková, Eva ^b   Limbach, Patrick A ^c   Lukeš, Julius ^b,d   Alfonzo, Juan D ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOSIDE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WYOSINE; GUANOSINE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA;

GUANOSINE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, TRANSFER; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84930221686     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv286     Document Type: Article

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