Interactions of Translation Factor EF-G with the Bacterial Ribosome before and after mRNA Translocation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-30

  Wilson, Kevin S ^a   Nechifor, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; Ribosomes; rRNA; Translation; Translocation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EDETIC ACID; FERRIC ION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSLATION FACTOR EF G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA 16S; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXPOSURE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RIBOSOME; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA PROBE; RNA TRANSPORT; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 1442326707     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.01.013     Document Type: Article

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