Ribosomal translocation: EF-G turns the crank

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2000, Pages

  Green, Rachel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELONGATION FACTOR G; GENE REARRANGEMENT; RIBOSOME; TRANSFER RNA;

EID: 0034192655     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00481-4     Document Type: Review

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