title: Transfer RNA identity.
abstract: Since its theoretical inception, the tRNA molecule has been identified and many of its functions have been described in terms of its structure. However, the molecular basis for the aminoacylation specificity of tRNA has remained largely unsolved until recently, when substantial progress has disclosed fundamental aspects of this process. What we know and would like to know about tRNA identity will be outlined, as will the experimental approaches used in this research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706-1567.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: McClain
mesh_terms: D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases