Poly(A) polymerase I of Escherichia coli: Characterization of the catalytic domain, an RNA binding site and regions for the interaction with proteins involved in mRNA degradation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 765-775

  Raynal, Lelia C ^a,b   Carpousis, Agamemnon J ^b  

^a OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; PROLINE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA HELICASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA DEGRADATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BINDING SITES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; RNA HELICASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032970686     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01394.x     Document Type: Article

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