An α helix to β barrel domain switch transforms the transcription factor RfaH into a translation factor

Cell

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-303

  Burmann, Björn M ^a,d   Knauer, Stefan H ^a   Sevostyanova, Anastasia ^b   Schweimer, Kristian ^a   Mooney, Rachel A ^c   Landick, Robert ^c   Artsimovitch, Irina ^b   Rösch, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN RFAH; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864257340     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.042     Document Type: Article

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