Structural Biophysics of the NusB:NusE Antitermination Complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 376, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 705-720

  Das, Ranabir ^a   Loss, Sandra ^a   Li, Jess ^a   Waugh, David S ^a   Tarasov, Sergey ^a   Wingfield, Paul T ^b   Byrd, R Andrew ^a   Altieri, Amanda S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

anti termination; NusB; NusE; protein protein interaction NMR

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NUSB PROTEIN; NUSE PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BIOPHYSICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38649090704     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.11.022     Document Type: Article

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