Assembly of the N-dependent antitermination complex of phage λ: NusA and RNA bind independently to different unfolded domains of the N protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 160-173

  Van Gilst, Marc R ^a   Von Hippel, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitermination; Protein folding; RNA protein interactions; Termination; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN NUS A; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING;

EID: 0030710554     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1389     Document Type: Article

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