The SsrA-SmpB system for protein tagging, directed degradation and ribosome rescue

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 449-455

  Karzai, A Wali ^a   Roche, Eric D ^a   Sauer, Robert T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034046020     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75843     Document Type: Review

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