Elongation in bacterial protein biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 369-375

  Nyborg, Jens ^a   Kjeldgaard, Morten ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINOACYLATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; STOICHIOMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030220858     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80110-8     Document Type: Article

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