Mechanical studies of single ribosome/mRNA complexes

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1909-1919

  Vanzi, Francesco ^a,d   Takagi, Yasuharu ^b   Shuman, Henry ^a   Cooperman, Barry S ^c   Goldman, Yale E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; MICROSPHERE; PHENYLALANINE; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; STREPTAVIDIN; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 24144498660     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.056283     Document Type: Article

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