The ternary complex of EF-Tu and its role in protein biosynthesis

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 110-116

  Clark, Brian FC ^a   Nyborg, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031057349     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80014-0     Document Type: Article

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