Role of E. coli NusA in Phage HK022 Nun-mediated Transcription Termination

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-21

  Kim, Hyeong C ^a   Washburn, Robert S ^a   Gottesman, Max E ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Nun; NusA; NusAE136K; RNA binding; transcription termination

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUN PROTEIN; NUSA PROTEIN; NUSB PROTEIN; NUSE PROTEIN; NUSG PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE HK022; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646196011     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.02.081     Document Type: Article

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