The ribosome - Structure and functional ligand-binding experiments using cryo-electron microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 142-150

  Frank, Joachim ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein synthesis; Three dimensional reconstruction; Translation

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032456051     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1998.4071     Document Type: Article

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