Large-scale movement of elongation factor G and extensive conformational change of the ribosome during translocation

Cell

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 301-309

  Stark, Holger ^a,c   Rodnina, Marina V ^b   Wieden, Hans Joachim ^b   Van Heel, Marin ^a   Wintermeyer, Wolfgang ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION;

EID: 0034603196     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80666-2     Document Type: Article

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