Mutational analysis of the joining regions flanking helix P18 in E. coli RNase P RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 422-433

  Hardt, Wolf Dietrich ^a,b   Hartmann, Roland K ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

E. coli ribonuclease P RNA; Gel retardation; In vivo complementation studies; Mutational analysis; Pb2+ induced hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOZYME; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030011805     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0329     Document Type: Article

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