Did tRNA synthetase classes arise on opposite strands of the same gene?

Charles W. Carter; William L. Duax

doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00688-3

Did tRNA synthetase classes arise on opposite strands of the same gene?

Charles W. Carter
, William L. Duax

Department of Structural Biology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Abstract

Structural homology of class II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases to the HSP70 family and the existence of a gene whose sense and antisense strands code for a dehydrogenase and an HSP70 chaperonin justify reconsideration of a possible sense-antisense ancestry for the two synthetase classes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	705-708
Number of pages	4
Journal	Molecular Cell
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1097-2765(02)00688-3
State	Published - Oct 1 2002

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