Interaction of the intrinsically unstructured phage λ N protein with Escherichia coli NusA

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 4542-4549

  Prasch, Stefan ^a   Schwarz, Sabine ^a   Eisenmann, Anke ^a   Wöhrl, Birgitta M ^a   Schweimer, Kristian ^a   Rösch, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEATION; RNA;

ΛN-BINDING REGION; HELICAL FOLD; NUSA CONSTRUCTS; REGULATORY PROCESS;

PROTEINS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA PROTEIN N; PROTEIN NUSA; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL REGULATORY PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLIPHAGE; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645653047     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0523411     Document Type: Article

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