Characterization of Aquifex aeolicus ribonuclease III and the reactivity epitopes of its pre-ribosomal RNA substrates

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2756-2768

  Shi, Zhongjie ^a   Nicholson, Rhonda H ^a   Jaggi, Ritu ^a   Nicholson, Allen W ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; RIBONUCLEASE III;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOCATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUTAMINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEASE III; RNA PRECURSORS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SALTS; TEMPERATURE;

AQUIFEX; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79954586093     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1030     Document Type: Article

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