NMR structure of the bacteriophage λ N peptide/boxB RNA complex: Recognition of a GNRA fold by an arginine-rich motif

Cell

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 289-299

  Legault, Pascale ^a   Li, Joyce ^a   Mogridge, Jeremy ^a   Kay, Lewis E ^a   Greenblatt, Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ELONGATION FACTOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032540286     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81579-2     Document Type: Article

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