Models of the elongation cycle: An evaluation

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 753-772

  Spahn, Christian M T ^a   Nierhaus, Knud H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

model; A, P and E sites; Allosteric three site model; Hybrid site model; Protein synthesis; Ribosomes

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL CYCLE; CODON; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE TRANSFER; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0031850044     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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