The Escherichia coli large ribosomal subunit at 7.5 Å resolution

Structure

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1575-1583

  Matadeen, Rishi ^a   Patwardhan, Ardan ^a   Gowen, Brent ^a   Orlova, Elena V ^a   Pape, Tillmann ^a   Cuff, Marianne ^a   Mueller, Florian ^b   Brimacombe, Richard ^b   Van Heel, Marin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

50S ribosomal subunit; Angular reconstitution; Cryo electron microscopy; Ribosomal proteins; Ribosome structure

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033573131     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)88348-3     Document Type: Article

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