Mutagenesis-based evidence for an asymmetric configuration of the ring-shaped transcription termination factor Rho

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 405, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 497-518

  Rabhi, Makhlouf ^a,b   Gocheva, Veronika ^c,d,e   Jacquinot, Frédérique ^a   Lee, Andrea ^c,d,e,f   Margeat, Emmanuel ^c,d,e   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)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

helicase; hexamer; mechanism; Rho; transcription termination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALANINE; DNA; GLYCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RNA; TRYPSIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING;

EID: 78650918642     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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