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Fields of interest:

• Protein biosynthesis
• Structure-function of RNA
• Ribosome biogenesis
• Ribosome functioning
• rRNA
• Ribosomal proteins

Recent publications:

M. Leppik, L. Peil, K. Kipper, A. Liiv and J. Remme:
Substrate specificity of the pseudouridine synthase RluD in E. coli,
FEBS Journal, Vol. 274, (2007), pp. 5759-5766.

M.B. Iskakova, W. Szaflarski, M. Dreyfus, J. Remme and K.H. Nierhaus:
Troubleshooting coupled in vitro transcription-translation system derived from Escherichia coli cells: synthesis of high-yield fully active proteins,
Nucleic Acids Res., Vol. 34, (2006), e135.

A. Pulk, Ü. Maiväli and J. Remme:
Identification of nucleotides in E coli 16S rRNA essential for ribosome subunit association,
RNA. Vol. 12, (2006), pp. 790-796.

A. Liiv, D. Karitkina, Ü. Maiväli and J. Remme:
Analysis of the function of E. coli 23S rRNA helix-loop 69 by mutagenesis,
BMC Molecular Biology, Vol. 6, (2005), p. 18.

J. Xu, A. Golshani, H. Aoki, J. Remme, J. Chosay, D.L. Shinabarger and C.M. Ganoza:
Protected nucleotide G2608 in 23S rRNA confers resistance to oxazolidinones in E. coli,
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 328, (2005), pp. 471-476.

R. Ougland, C-M. Zhang, A. Liiv, R.F. Johanson, E. Seeberg, Y-M. Hou, J. Remme and P.O. Falnes:
AlkB Restores the Biological Function of mRNA and tRNA Inactivated by Chemical Methylation,
Mol. Cell, Vol. 16, (2004), pp. 107-116.

A. Liiv and J. Remme:
Importance of transient structures during post-transcriptional refolding of the pre-23 S rRNA and ribosomal large subunit assembly,
J. Mol. Biol., Vol. 342, (2004), pp. 725-741.

Ü. Maiväli and J. Remme:
Definition of bases in 23S rRNA essential for ribosomal subunit association,
RNA, Vol. 10, (2004), pp. 600-604.

Ü. Allas, A. Liiv and J. Remme:
Functional interaction between RNase III and the Escherichia coli ribosome,
BMC Molecular Biology, Vol. 4, (2003), p. 8.

Ü. Maiväli, A. Pulk, E. Loogväli and J. Remme:
Accessibility of phosphates in domain I of 23 S rRNA in the ribosomal 50 S subunit as detected by Rp phosphorothioates,
BBA - Gene Structure and Expression, Vol. 1579, (2002), pp. 1-7.