The mechanism for RNA recognition by ANTAR regulators of gene expression

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Ramesh, Arati ^a   DebRoy, Sruti ^b   Goodson, Jonathan R ^c   Fox, Kristina A ^b   Faz, Herbey ^b   Garsin, Danielle A ^b   Winkler, Wade C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIR AND NASR TRANSCRIPTIONAL ANTITERMINATOR REGULATOR DOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN EUTV; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DIMERIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA RECOGNITION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RNA FOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; RNA FOLDING; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84864064270     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002666     Document Type: Article

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