Crystal structure of the EF-Tu·EF-Ts complex from Thermus thermophilus

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 650-656

  Wang, Yong ^a   Jiang, Youxing ^a   Meyering Voss, Martina ^b   Sprinzl, Mathias ^b   Sigler, Pau B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0030764672     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0897-650     Document Type: Article

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