The N-terminal domain that distinguishes yeast from bacterial RNase III contains a dimerization signal required for efficient double-stranded RNA cleavage

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1104-1115

  Lamontagne, Bruno ^a   Tremblay, Annie ^a   Abou Elela, Sherif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; NUCLEASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033979399     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.4.1104-1115.2000     Document Type: Article

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