Structures of RNA-binding proteins

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-240

  Arnez, John G ^a   Cavarelli, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

AMINO ACYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES; BIOPHYSICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA VIRUSES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SPLICEOSOMES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0030813208     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583597003351     Document Type: Review

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