Analysis of the functional role of conserved residues in the protein subunit of ribonuclease P from Escherichia coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 818-829

  Gopalan, Venkat ^a   Baxevanis, Andreas D ^b   Landsman, David ^b   Altman, Sidney ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

RNase P protein subunit; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEASE P;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031564661     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0906     Document Type: Article

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