Affinity coelectrophoresis for dissecting protein-RNA domain-domain interactions in a tRNA synthetase system

Pharmaceutica Acta Helvetiae

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-50

  Gale, Andrew J ^a   Schimmel, Paul ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity coelectrophoresis; Class I methionyl tRNA synthetase; Kinetic constants; Protein RNA domain domain interaction

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSFER RNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030012578     PISSN: 00316865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-6865(95)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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