Comparative photocross-linking analysis of the tertiary structures of escherichia coli and bacillus subtilis RNase P RNAs

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1515-1525

  Chen, Jiunn Liang ^a   Nolan, James M ^b   Harris, Michael E ^c   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Photoaffinity cross linking; Ribozyme; RNA structure; RNase P

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA PRECURSOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHOTOAFFINITY LABELING; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AZIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHOTOLYSIS; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032473358     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1515     Document Type: Article

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