Translational elongation factor G: A GTP-driven motor of the ribosome

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue , 2000, Pages 117-129

  Wintermeyer, Wolfgang ^a   Rodnina, Marina V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

ANIMALS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 0034456004     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/bse0350117     Document Type: Article

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