Physiologically dependent appearance of a low density region that corresponds to the tunnel through the 50S part of the 70S ribosome

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-353

  Zhang, Kan ^a   Öfverstedt, Lars Göran ^b   Pettersson Landén, Lena ^a   Skoglund, Ulf ^b   Isaksson, Leif A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

50S tunnel; Electron tomography; Intracellular ribosomes; Ribosomal conformations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOME; STARVATION;

EID: 0032004723     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3840     Document Type: Article

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