Elucidation of structure-function relationships in the protein subunit of bacterial RNase P using a genetic complementation approach

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5065-5073

  Jovanovic, Milan ^a   Sanchez, Ruth ^b   Altman, Sidney ^b   Gopalan, Venkat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DATA BASE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; THERMOTOGA; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA;

EID: 0036920388     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf670     Document Type: Review

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