Macromolecular mimicry

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 489-495

  Nissen, Poul ^a,b   Kjeldgaard, Morten ^a   Nyborg, Jens ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elongation factor G; Elongation factor Tu; Protein nucleic acid interactions; Ribosomal function; RNA world

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; ELONGATION FACTOR TU;

MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

EID: 0034651889     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.4.489     Document Type: Review

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