RNA, the first macromolecular catalyst: The ribosome is a ribozyme

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 411-418

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOMYCIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CATALYST; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOARCULA; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI;

EID: 0042658199     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00169-5     Document Type: Review

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