Independent ligand-induced folding of the RNA-binding domain and two functionally distinct antitermination regions in the phage λ N protein

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 265-275

  Mogridge, Jeremy ^a   Legault, Pascale ^a   Li, Joyce ^a   Van Oene, Mark D ^a   Kay, Lewis E ^a   Greenblatt, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ELONGATION FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LIGAND; N PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; NUSA PROTEIN, E COLI; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL REGULATORY PROTEINS;

EID: 0031614914     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80027-1     Document Type: Article

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