A ratchet-like inter-subunit reorganization of the ribosome during translocation

Nature

Volumn 406, Issue 6793, 2000, Pages 318-322

  Frank, Joachim ^a   Agrawal, Rajendra Kumar ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034691576     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35018597     Document Type: Article

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