A tRNA methyltransferase paralog is important for ribosome stability and cell division in Trypanosoma brucei

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Fleming, Ian M C ^a   Paris, Zdeněk ^a,c   Gaston, Kirk W ^b,d   Balakrishnan, R ^a,b   Fredrick, Kurt ^a   Rubio, Mary Anne T ^a   Alfonzo, Juan D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

CELL DIVISION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RIBOSOME; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 84958576339     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21438     Document Type: Article

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