Genetic analysis of the invariant residue G791 in Escherichia coli 16S rRNA implicates RelA in ribosome function

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2042-2050

  Kim, Hong Man ^a   Ryou, Sang Mi ^a   Song, Woo Seok ^a   Sim, Se Hoon ^a   Cha, Chang Jun ^a   Han, Seung Hyun ^b   Ha, Nam Chul ^c   Kim, Jae Hong ^e   Bae, Jeehyeon ^e   Cunningham, Philip R ^d   Lee, Kangseok ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE 3' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; RNA 16S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3',5' POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE 3',5'-POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; LIGASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RIBOSOME; SCREENING; STEADY STATE; SUPPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; LIGASES; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 64049087228     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00904-08     Document Type: Article

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