Ribosomal proteins S5 and L6: High-resolution crystal structures and roles in protein synthesis and antibiotic resistance

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 873-888

  Davies, Christopher ^a   Bussiere, Dirksen E ^b   Golden, Barbara L ^c   Porter, Stephanie J ^a   Ramakrishnan, Venki ^d   White, Stephen W ^a,e  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Protein evolution; Protein RNA interactions; Ribosome architecture; Translocation; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SPECTINOMYCIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032546747     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1780     Document Type: Article

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