Crystal structure of a fibrillarin homologue from Methanococcus jannaschii, a hyperthermophile, at 1.6 Å resolution

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-323

  Wang, Hongming ^a,b   Boisvert, David ^b   Kim, Kyeong Kyu ^a,c   Kim, Rosalind ^b   Kim, Sung Hou ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Fibrillarin; Ribosome biogenesis; rRNA methylation; snoRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FIBRILLARIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSOME; SCLERODERMA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; SCLERODERMA;

EID: 0034141555     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.3.317     Document Type: Article

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