RNA processing in Aquifex aeolicus involves RNase E/G and an RNase P-like activity

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 457-463

  Lombo, Tania B ^a   Kaberdin, Vladimir R ^a  

^a Vienna Biocenter   (Austria)

Author keywords

5S rRNA; Thermophilic RNases; tRNA and rRNA processing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBONUCLEASE P; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; RNASE G; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA PROCESSING;

AQUIFOLIACEAE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, PLANT;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37449003265     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.165     Document Type: Article

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