Era GTPase of Escherichia coli: Binding to 16S rRNA and modulation of GTPase activity by RNA and carbohydrates

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1071-1083

  Meier, Timothy I ^a   Peery, Robert B ^a   McAllister, Kelly A ^a   Zhao, Genshi ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Era; GTPase; GTPase activation; RNA binding activity

Indexed keywords

3 PHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034067634     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-5-1071     Document Type: Article

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