Mapping metal-binding sites in the catalytic domain of bacterial RNase P RNA

RNA

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-276

  Kazantsev, Alexei V ^a   Krivenko, Angelika A ^a   Pace, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA crystallography; RNA electrostatics; RNA cation complex

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MAGNESIUM ION; RIBONUCLEASE P;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIFFRACTION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA STRUCTURE;

BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MAGNESIUM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEASE P; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58249114463     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1331809     Document Type: Article

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