The quaternary geometry of transcription termination factor rho: Assignment by chemical cross-linking

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 514-528

  Horiguchi, Taigo ^a   Miwa, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Shigesada, Katsuya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical cross linking; Hexameric ATPase; Quaternary geometry; Rho factor; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

ADIPIMIDIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; DIMER; GLUTARIC ACID; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RHO FACTOR; SUBERIMIDIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; SUCCINIMIDE DERIVATIVE; TARTARIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031580197     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1059     Document Type: Article

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