Ribosomal protein L9: A structure determination by the combined use of X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 264, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1058-1071

  Hoffman, David W ^a   Cameron, Christopher S ^a   Davies, Christopher ^b   White, Stephen W ^b   Ramakrishnan, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

NMR; Protein crystal structure; Ribosomal protein L9

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030596154     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0696     Document Type: Article

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