MS_RHII-RSD, a dual-function RNase HII-(p)ppGpp synthetase from Mycobacterium smegmatis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4003-4014

  Murdeshwar, Maya S ^a   Chatterji, Dipankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(P)PPGPP SYNTHETASE; AMINO ACID; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN MS RHII RSD; RIBONUCLEASE; RNASE HII; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNTHESIS;

DNA; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; LIGASES; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA;

MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 84866334556     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00258-12     Document Type: Article

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