The solution structure of YbcJ from Escherichia coli reveals a recently discovered αL motif involved in RNA binding

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 4204-4210

  Volpon, Laurent ^a   Lievre, Carine ^b   Osborne, Michael J ^a   Gandhi, Shaifali ^b   Iannuzzi, Pietro ^b   Larocque, Robert ^b   Cygler, Miroslaw ^b   Gehring, Kalle ^a   Ekiel, Irena ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN YBCJ; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038600722     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.14.4204-4210.2003     Document Type: Article

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