Hfqs in Bacillus anthracis: Role of protein sequence variation in the structure and function of proteins in the Hfq family

Protein Science

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1808-1819

  Vrentas, Catherine ^a,d   Ghirlando, Rodolfo ^b   Keefer, Andrea ^a   Hu, Zonglin ^a,e   Tomczak, Aurelie ^a,f   Gittis, Apostolos G ^a   Murthi, Athulaprabha ^a   Garboczi, David N ^a   Gottesman, Susan ^c   Leppla, Stephen H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anthrax; Bacillus anthracis; Hfq; pXO1; small RNA; sRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN; MONOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LENGTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84969794511     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2773     Document Type: Article

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