Crystal structure of NusG N-terminal (NGN) domain from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii and its interaction with rpoE″

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 787-793

  Zhou, Huihao ^a,b   Liu, Qi ^a,b   Gao, Yongxiang ^a,b   Teng, Maikun ^a,b,c   Niu, Liwen ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Archaea; Docking; Homodimer; RNA polymerase; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; PROTEIN NUSG; PROTEIN RPOE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; EUKARYOTE; HYBRID; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII;

EID: 68149163147     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22465     Document Type: Article

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