Periodic conformational changes in rRNA: Monitoring the dynamics of translating ribosomes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 159-171

  Polacek, Norbert ^a   Patzke, Sebastian ^b   Nierhaus, Knud H ^b   Barta, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033634670     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(05)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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