The antibiotic micrococcin acts on protein L11 at the ribosomal GTPase centre

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-45

  Porse, Bo T ^a   Cundliffe, Eric ^b   Garrett, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elongation factors; In vivo rRNA footprinting; Kirromycin; Micrococcin; Thiostrepton

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFATE; FUSIDIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MICROCOCCIN; MOCIMYCIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; RNA 23S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSOME;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033583095     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2600     Document Type: Article

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