Molecular modeling of the three-dimensional structure of the bacterial RNase P holoenzyme

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 661-675

  Tsai, Hsin Yue ^a   Masquida, Benoît ^b   Biswas, Roopa ^a   Westhof, Eric ^b   Gopalan, Venkat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial RNase P; RNA protein interactions

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037462929     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01267-6     Document Type: Article

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