The active site of the ribosome is composed of two layers of conserved nucleotides with distinct roles in peptide bond formation and peptide release

Cell

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 589-599

  Youngman, Elaine M ^a   Brunelle, Julie L ^a   Kochaniak, Anna B ^a   Green, Rachel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; RIBOSOME; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2542470615     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(04)00411-8     Document Type: Article

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