Toward an understanding of the structural basis of translation

Genome Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Frank, Joachim ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; RNA;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 0346495979     PISSN: 14656906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2003-4-12-237     Document Type: Review

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