A stepwise 2'-hydroxyl activation mechanism for the bacterial transcription termination factor Rho helicase

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1309-1316

  Schwartz, Annie ^a   Rabhi, Makhlouf ^a,b   Jacquinot, Frédérique ^a   Margeat, Emmanuel ^c,d,e   Rahmouni, A Rachid ^a   Boudvillain, Marc ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' HYDROXYL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; HELICASE; HYDROXYL GROUP; NUCLEOTIDE; RHO FACTOR; RHO HELICASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEOTIDE ANALOG INTERFERENCE MAPPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SEQUENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; RHO FACTOR; RNA HELICASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 71449109999     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1711     Document Type: Article

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