Hypothesis: The RNase-sensitive restraint to unfolding of spermidine nucleoids from Escherichia coli is composed of cotranslational insertion linkages

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 101-102, Issue , 2002, Pages 321-331

  Murphy, Lizabeth D ^a   Zimmerman, Steven B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Escherichia coli; Nucleoid; Ribonuclease; Spermidine; Urea

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FORMALDEHYDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPERMIDINE; STREPTOMYCIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; RIBOSOME; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBONUCLEASES; RIBOSOMES; SPERMIDINE; UREA;

EID: 0037059033     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(02)00163-1     Document Type: Article

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