Mutations in the conserved P loop perturb the conformation of two structural elements in the peptidyl transferase center of 23 S ribosomal RNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1475-1483

  Gregory, Steven T ^a   Dahlberg, Albert E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

P and A sites; P loop; Peptidyl transferase; Ribosomal RNA; RNA conformation

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION;

EID: 0033613998     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2410     Document Type: Article

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