ErmE methyltransferase recognizes features of the primary and secondary structure in a motif within domain V of 23 S rRNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-374

  Villsen, Inge D ^a   Vester, Birte ^b   Douthwaite, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; MLS antibiotics; Protein RNA interaction; RNA modification; rRNA structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CYTIDINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA METHYLATION; RNA PROBE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA;

EID: 0033582723     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2504     Document Type: Article

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