The phenotype of mutations of G2655 in the sarcin/ricin domain of 23 S ribosomal RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 965-975

  Macbeth, Mark R ^a   Wool, Ira G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli ribosomes; G2655 mutations; Sarcin ricin domain in 23 S rRNA

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; GUANINE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RICIN; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033593240     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2388     Document Type: Article

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