Arrangement of tRNAs in pre- and posttranslocational ribosomes revealed by electron cryomicroscopy

Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Stark, Holger ^a   Orlova, Elena V ^a,d   Rinke Appel, Jutta ^b   Jünke, Nicole ^b   Mueller, Florian ^b   Rodnina, Marina ^c   Wintermeyer, Wolfgang ^c   Brimacombe, Richard ^b   Van Heel, Marin ^a,d  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

EID: 0030887834     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81854-1     Document Type: Article

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