The involvement of RNA in ribosome function

Nature

Volumn 418, Issue 6894, 2002, Pages 229-235

  Moore, Peter B ^a   Steitz, Thomas A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; PROTEINS;

EVOLUTION;

RNA;

CELL PROTEIN; RNA;

BIOLOGY; PROTEIN; RNA;

BINDING SITE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS;

BINDING SITES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0037062958     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/418229a     Document Type: Review

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