RNA structure-dependent uncoupling of substrate recognition and cleavage by Escherichia coli ribonuclease III

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2381-2392

  Calin Jageman, Irina ^a   Nicholson, Allen W ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RIBONUCLEASE III; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE III, E COLI; RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037736794     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg329     Document Type: Article

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