Protein synthesis by single ribosomes

RNA

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1174-1179

  Vanzi, Francesco ^a,d   Vladimirov, Serguei ^b   Knudsen, Charlotte R ^c   Goldman, Yale E ^a   Cooperman, Barry S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Poly(Phe); Poly(U); Ribosome; Single molecule; Tethered particle

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHORUS 32; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPHENYLALANINE; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; TRANSFER RNA; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; TETHERED PARTICLE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; POLY U; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; SOLUBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0141521419     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.5800303     Document Type: Article

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