Protein activation of a ribozyme: The role of bacterial RNase P protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3360-3368

  Buck, Amy H ^a   Dalby, Andrew B ^a   Poole, Alexander W ^a,b   Kazantsev, Alexei V ^a   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HOLOENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOZYME; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOPHYSICS; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLOENZYMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, CATALYTIC; RNA, TRANSFER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 27144527101     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600805     Document Type: Article

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