Important role of the tetraloop region of 4.5S RNA in SRP binding to its receptor FtsY

RNA

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 293-301

  Jagath, Junutula R ^a,b   Matassova, Natalia B ^a,c   De Leeuw, Erik ^d   Warnecke, Jens M ^a   Lentzen, Georg ^a,c   Rodnina, Marina V ^a   Luirink, Joen ^d   Wintermeyer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RiboTargets Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d Universität Witten/Herdecke ^*

Author keywords

Ffh; Prokaryotes; Protein targeting; RNA structure; Signal recognition particle

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

4.5S RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FFH PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSY PROTEIN, BACTERIA; RIBOSOME RNA; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOSOME;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

EID: 0035256512     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355838201002205     Document Type: Article

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