Ribosomal tRNA binding sites: Three-site models of translation

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 95-149

  Burkhardt, Nils ^a   Jünemann, Ralf ^a   Spahn, Christian M T ^a   Nierhaus, Knud H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Elongation cycle; Neutron scattering; Protein synthesis; Ribosome structure

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

BINDING SITE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA BINDING; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALLOSTERIC SITE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACID-SPECIFIC; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0031902817     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409239891204189     Document Type: Review

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