RNA triphosphatase is essential in <it>Schizosaccharomyces pombe</it> and <it>Candida albicans</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The first two steps in the capping of cellular mRNAs are catalyzed by the enzymes RNA triphosphatase and RNA guanylyltransferase. Although structural and mechanistic differences between fungal and mammalian RNA triphosphatases recomm...

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Main Authors: Fisher Robert P, Saiz Julia, Schwer Beate, Pei Yi, Shuman Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2001-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/1/29