Structure of the E. coli protein-conducting channel bound to a translating ribosome

Nature

Volumn 438, Issue 7066, 2005, Pages 318-324

  Mitra, Kakoli ^a   Schaffitzel, Christiane ^b   Shaikh, Tanvir ^c   Tama, Florence ^d   Jenni, Simon ^b   Brooks III, Charles L ^d   Ban, Nenad ^b   Frank, Joachim ^a,c,e  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPIDS; PROTEINS; RNA;

PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION; PROTEIN-CONDUCTING CHANNELS (PCC);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSLATION; RNA TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 27844444793     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04133     Document Type: Article

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