Studies on Methanocaldococcus jannaschii RNase P reveal insights into the roles of RNA and protein cofactors in RNase P catalysis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4172-4180

  Pulukkunat, Dileep K ^a   Gopalan, Venkat ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; RIBONUCLEASE P; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; KINETICS; METHANOCOCCALES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, TRANSFER; RNA, TRANSFER, TYR;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; KOBUS; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 47249122660     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn360     Document Type: Article

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