Sequence-specific binding of a chloroplast pentatricopeptide repeat protein to its native group II intron ligand

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1930-1941

  Williams Carrier, Rosalind ^a   Kroeger, Tiffany ^a   Barkan, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Group II intron; Pentatricopeptide repeat; Plastid; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; PENTATRICOPEPTIDE REPEAT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CRP1; PROTEIN PPR5; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHLOROPLAST; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GEL FILTRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA SPLICING; RNA STABILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

BINDING SITES; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA; INTRONS; LIGANDS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; RNA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 50649095496     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1077708     Document Type: Article

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