Structure of Escherichia coli RNase E catalytic domain and implications for RNA turnover

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7062, 2005, Pages 1187-1191

  Callaghan, Anastasia J ^a   Marcaida, Maria Jose ^a   Stead, Jonathan A ^b   McDowall, Kenneth J ^b   Scott, William G ^c   Luisi, Ben F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; METABOLISM; RNA;

CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; DNA NUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI RNASE E CATALYTIC DOMAIN; HOMEOSTASIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

RIBONUCLEASE; RNA;

RNA;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 27144495430     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04084     Document Type: Article

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