Mutational analysis and secondary structure model of the RNP1-like sequence motif of transcription termination factor Rho

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 895-908

  Martinez, Asuncion ^a,b   Opperman, Timothy ^a,c   Richardson, John P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cassette mutagenesis; Escherichia coli; RNA polymerase; RNA binding domain; RNA recognition motif

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; RHO FACTOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029869425     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0210     Document Type: Article

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