Crystal structure of Hfq from Bacillus subtilis in complex with SELEX-derived RNA aptamer: Insight into RNA-binding properties of bacterial Hfq

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1856-1867

  Someya, Tatsuhiko ^a   Baba, Seiki ^b   Fujimoto, Mai ^a   Kawai, Gota ^c,d   Kumasaka, Takashi ^b   Nakamura, Kouji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c CHIBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Harima Institute Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APTAMER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BSHFQ PROTEIN; ECHFQ PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

APTAMERS, NUCLEOTIDE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA; SELEX APTAMER TECHNIQUE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84857839806     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr892     Document Type: Article

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