Escherichia coli release factor 3: Resolving the paradox of a typical G protein structure and atypical function with guanine nucleotides

RNA

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-54

  Pel, Herman J ^a   Moffat, John G ^a   Ito, Koichi ^b   Nakamura, Yoshikazu ^b   Tate, Warren P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

G protein; Protein synthesis; RF3; Ribosome; Translational termination

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TRANSLATION TERMINATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; STOP CODON;

GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031965576     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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