The RNA polymerase subunits E/F from the Antarctic archaeon Methanococcoides burtonii bind to specific species of mRNA

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2039-2055

  De Francisci, Davide ^a   Campanaro, Stefano ^c   Kornfeld, Geoff ^a   Siddiqui, Khawar S ^a   Williams, Timothy J ^a   Ertan, Haluk ^a,d   Treu, Laura ^c   Pilak, Oliver ^a   Lauro, Federico M ^a   Harrop, Stephen J ^b,e   Curmi, Paul M G ^b,e   Cavicchioli, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNSW Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINACEAE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; METHANOSARCINACEAE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARCHAEA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCOIDES BURTONII;

EID: 80051948380     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02385.x     Document Type: Article

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