The function and synthesis of ribosomes

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 514-520

  Lafontaine, Denis L J ^a   Tollervey, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RNA;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

BACTERIA; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA;

EID: 0035405979     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35080045     Document Type: Review

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