@article{ellis_barnes_brown_2007, title={Is Alba an RNase P subunit?}, volume={4}, ISSN={["1555-8584"]}, DOI={10.4161/rna.4.3.5347}, abstractNote={It has been suggested that Alba, a well-established chromatin protein in Archaea, is also a subunit of the archaeal RNase P holoenzyme, based on the observation that the homolog of this protein in humans has been shown to be associated with RNase P activity. Using the same biochemical methods we used previously to show that four other proteins homologous to eukaryotic RNase P proteins are bona fide RNase P subunits in Archaea, we could not detect any association of the Alba homolog in Methanothermobacter thermoautotrophicus (Mth1483p) with the RNase P holoenzyme. In addition, the presence of Mth1483p did not enhance the activity of RNase P holoenzyme reconstituted from recombinant subunits. In conclusion, we find no evidence that Alba is an RNase P subunit.}, number={3}, journal={RNA BIOLOGY}, author={Ellis, J. Chris and Barnes, Jeffrey and Brown, James W.}, year={2007}, pages={169–172} } @article{ellis_brown_2003, title={Genes within genes within bacteria}, volume={28}, ISSN={["0968-0004"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.tibs.2003.08.002}, abstractNote={Recently, an unusual gene structure has been described in species of the genus Thermus, in which the rpmH (ribosomal protein L34) coding sequence was found to be entirely overlapped by the unusually large rnpA (RNase P protein subunit) sequence. Gene overlap is common in viruses, but has not been seen to this extent in any bacterium.}, number={10}, journal={TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES}, author={Ellis, JC and Brown, JW}, year={2003}, month={Oct}, pages={521–523} }