An essential function for the phosphate-dependent exoribonucleases RNase PH and polynucleotide phosphorylase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 4391-4395

  Zhou, Zhihua ^b   Deutscher, Murray P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXORIBONUCLEASE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; COLD SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030860690     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4391-4395.1997     Document Type: Article

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