Mutations in the leader region of ribosomal RNA operons cause structurally defective 30 S ribosomes as revealed by in vivo structural probing

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 547-557

  Balzer, Monika ^a   Wagner, Rolf ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

16 S rRNA structure; 30 S ribosomes; In vivo structural probing; Leader mutations; RNA folding

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFATE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

EID: 0032570536     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1556     Document Type: Article

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