Interaction Surface of Bacteriophage P4 Protein Psu Required for Complex Formation with the Transcription Terminator Rho

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 389, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 647-660

  Pani, Bibhusita ^a   Ranjan, Amitabh ^a   Sen, Ranjan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR DNA FINGERPRINTING AND DIAGNOSTICS   (India)

Author keywords

cross linking; Psu; Rho; RNA polymerase; transcription termination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRIDAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 65849200100     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.052     Document Type: Article

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