The NMR structure of the RNA binding domain of E. coli rho factor suggests possible RNA-protein interactions

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 393-399

  Briercheck, Deborah M ^a   Wood, Todd C ^a   Allison, Timothy J ^a   Richardson, John P ^b   Rule, Gordon S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MESSENGER RNA; RHO FACTOR; RNA HELICASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RNA ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHO FACTOR; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0031921626     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0598-393     Document Type: Article

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