Three-dimensional reconstruction of the Escherichia coli 30 S ribosomal subunit in ice

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-52

  Lata, K Ramani ^a   Agrawal, Rajendra K ^a   Penczek, Pawel ^a   Grassucci, Robert ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a,b   Frank, Joachim ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

30 S ribosomal subunit; Conformational change; Cryo electron microscopy; Inactive active transition; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA STRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030582394     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0497     Document Type: Article

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