Functional analysis of the post-transcriptional regulator RsmA reveals a novel RNA-binding site

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1026-1036

  Heeb, Stephan ^a   Kuehne, Sarah A ^a   Bycroft, Mark ^b   Crivii, Sorana ^c   Allen, Mark D ^b   Haas, Dieter ^c   Cámara, Miguel ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CsrA; Post transcriptional regulation; RNA binding domain; RsmA

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 29444446682     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.045     Document Type: Article

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