A new model for the three-dimensional folding of Escherichia coli 16 S ribosomal RNA. III. The topography of the functional centre

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 566-587

  Mueller, Florian ^a   Stark, Holger ^b   Van Heel, Marin ^b   Rinke Appel, Jutta ^a   Brimacombe, Richard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conformational changes; Foot printing; Functional sites; Mutagenesis; Site directed cross linking

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA CONFORMATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030824580     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1212     Document Type: Article

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