An Hfq-like protein in archaea: Crystal structure and functional characterization of the Sm protein from Methanococcus jannaschii

RNA

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2213-2223

  Nielsen, Jesper S ^a   Bøggild, Andreas ^b   Andersen, Christian B F ^b   Nielsen, Gorm ^a   Boysen, Anders ^a   Brodersen, Ditlev E ^b   Valentin Hansen, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Hfq; Methanococcus jannaschii; RNA binding protein; Sm; sRNA; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN; PROTEIN SM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 36248940726     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.689007     Document Type: Article

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