Mechanisms of StpA-mediated RNA remodeling

RNA Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 735-743

  Doetsch, Martina ^a   Gstrein, Thomas ^a   Schroeder, Renée ^a   Fürtig, Boris ^a  

^a MAX F PERUTZ LABORATORIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Folding mechanism; RNA chaperones; RNA folding; RNA protein interaction; StpA

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; RNA BINDING;

EID: 78751662372     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.6.13882     Document Type: Review

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