A novel mutation in the KH domain of polynucleotide phosphorylase affects autoregulation and mRNA decay in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-248

  García Mena, Jaime ^a,b   Das, Asis ^b   Sánchez Trujillo, Alejandra ^a   Portier, Claude ^c   Montanez, Cecilia ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GALACTOKINASE; GLYCINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HALF LIFE TIME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALACTOKINASE; GLYCINE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0033066929     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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