The two faces of the Escherichia coli 23 S rRNA sarcin/ricin domain: The structure at 1.11 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 275-287

  Correll, Carl C ^a   Wool, Ira G ^a   Munishkin, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Elongation factors; Ribosomes; RNA recognition; Sarcin ricin domain

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RICIN; RNA 23S; SARCIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033578939     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3072     Document Type: Article

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