EF-G-catalyzed translocation of anticodon stem-loop analogs of transfer RNA in the ribosome

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3478-3483

  Joseph, Simpson ^a   Noller, Harry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EF G; mRNA; Ribosome; Translocation; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; FERROUS ION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSLOCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME;

ANTICODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0032526979     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.12.3478     Document Type: Article

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