S-domain assembly of the signal recognition particle

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-70

  Sauer Eriksson, A Elisabeth ^a   Hainzl, Tobias ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCKING PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE;

BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; MEMBRANE; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN DOMAIN M; PROTEIN DOMAIN S; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

EUKARYOTA; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037310079     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00010-6     Document Type: Review

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