Characterization of the metal ion binding site in the anti-terminator protein, HutP, of Bacillus subtilis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 5494-5502

  Kumarevel, Thirumananseri ^b,c   Mizuno, Hiroshi ^a   Kumar, Penmetcha K R ^b  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BARIUM ION; CADMIUM; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; COBALT; COPPER ION; DIVALENT CATION; HISTIDINE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MESSENGER RNA; METAL ION; MONOVALENT CATION; NICKEL; PROTEIN HUTP; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTERBIUM; ZINC ION; ANTITERMINATOR PROTEINS, BACTERIA; BARIUM; MAGNESIUM; METAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BARIUM; BINDING SITES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HISTIDINE; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; METALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPERON; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 27244452610     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki868     Document Type: Article

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