Cryo-electron microscopy as an investigative tool: The ribosome as an example

BioEssays

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 725-732

  Frank, Joachim ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0034865551     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.1102     Document Type: Article

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