FEBS Letters
Volume 514, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , 6 March 2002

The minimal tRNA: unique structure of Ascaris suum mitochondrial tRNASerUCU having a short T arm and lacking the entire D arm

Edited by Lev Kisselev

  • Takashi Ohtsuki
    • ,
  • Gota Kawai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
    • Present address: Department of Industrial Chemistry, Chiba Institute of Technology, Chiba, Japan.
    • ,
  • Kimitsuna Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan. Fax: (81)-471-36 3601

Received 25 November 2001 ,Accepted 27 November 2001.

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FEBS Letters
Volume 514, Issue 1 , Pages 37-43 , 6 March 2002

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