RNase G of Escherichia coli exhibits only limited functional overlap with its essential homologue, RNase E

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 607-622

  Ow, Maria C ^a,b   Perwez, Tariq ^a   Kushner, Sidney R ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBONUCLEASE G; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA PROCESSING;

ALLELES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HALF-LIFE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042665928     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03587.x     Document Type: Article

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