Defining the mRNA recognition signature of a bacterial toxin protein

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 13862-13867

  Schureck, Marc A ^a   Dunkle, Jack A ^a   Maehigashi, Tatsuya ^a   Miles, Stacey J ^a   Dunham, Christine M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein synthesis; Ribosome; RNases; Stringent response; Toxin antitoxin systems

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOSINE; HIGB TOXIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBONUCLEASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CODON;

CODON; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA DEGRADATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; BINDING SITES; CODON; NUCLEOTIDES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84946944535     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1512959112     Document Type: Article

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