Structure and structural variations of the Escherichia coli 30 S ribosomal subunit as revealed by three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1285-1291

  Gabashvili, Irene S ^b   Agrawal, Rajendra K ^b   Grassucci, Robert ^b   Frank, Joachim ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

30 S ribosomal subunit; Conformational dynamics; Cryo electron microscopy; mRNA channel; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

EID: 0033548692     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2538     Document Type: Article

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