Helix unwinding in the effector region of elongation factor EF-Tu-GDP

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1141-1151

  Polekhina, Galina ^a   Thirup, Søren ^a   Kjeldgaard, Morten ^a   Nissen, Poul ^a   Lippmann, Corinna ^b   Nyborg, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

conformational changes; effector region; elongation factor Tu; protein biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THERMUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 0030587857     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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