Making sense of mimic in translation termination

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-105

  Nakamura, Yoshikazu ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; TRANSFER RNA;

ANTICODON; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037310005     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00006-9     Document Type: Review

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