Mapping Hfq-RNA interaction surfaces using tryptophan fluorescence quenching

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2736-2749

  Robinson, Kirsten E ^a   Orans, Jillian ^a   Kovach, Alexander R ^a   Link, Todd M ^b   Brennan, Richard G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HFQ; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SEQUENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPTOPHAN FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84895789299     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1171     Document Type: Article

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