The chaperonin of the archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is an RNA-binding protein that participates in ribosomal RNA processing

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3471-3477

  Ruggero, Davide ^a   Ciammaruconi, Andrea ^a   Londei, Paola ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaea; Chaperonin; RNA binding; rRNA processing; Sulfolobus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHAPERONIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE CHEMOLITHOTROPHIC AND METHANE PRODUCING BACTERIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; RNA METABOLISM; RNA PROCESSING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHAPERONINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SULFOLOBUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 0032526978     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.12.3471     Document Type: Article

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