Characterization of the dimerization domain in BglG, an RNA-binding transcriptional antiterminator from Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1755-1766

  Boss, Amarelle ^b   Nussbaum Shochat, Anat ^b   Amster Choder, Orna ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LEUCINE; METHIONINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA BINDING; STOP CODON; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033060293     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.6.1755-1766.1999     Document Type: Article

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