Ribosomal protein S4 is a transcription factor with properties remarkably similar to NusA, a protein involved in both non-ribosomal and ribosomal RNA antitermination

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 3811-3820

  Torres, Martha ^a   Condon, Ciarán ^b   Balada, Joan Miquel ^a   Squires, Craig ^a   Squires, Catherine L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Antitermination; r protein S4; rrn transcription

Indexed keywords

HAPTOCORRIN; PROTEIN NUSA; PROTEIN S 4; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L13; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L3; RIBOSOME PROTEIN L4; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035898536     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.14.3811     Document Type: Article

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