A novel role of ImmE7 in the autoregulatory expression of the ColE7 operon and identification of possible RNase active sites in the crystal structure of dimeric ImmE7

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1444-1454

  Hsieh, Shih Yang ^a   Ko, Tzu Ping ^b   Tseng, Ming Yu ^a   Ku, Wen Yen ^b,c   Chak, Kin Fu ^a   Yuan, Hanna S ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colicin E7 operon; Dimeric Imme7 structure; Immunity genes; RNase activity; Site specific cleavage

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; DIMER; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOGENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COLICINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030907937     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.6.1444     Document Type: Article

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