Mechanistic insight into the ribosome biogenesis functions of the ancient protein KsgA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1062-1075

  Connolly, Keith ^a   Rife, Jason P ^b   Culver, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KSGA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RIBOSOME; RNA PROCESSING;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD TEMPERATURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL, BACTERIAL; RIBOSOMES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 55349106559     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06485.x     Document Type: Article

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