Folding zones inside the ribosomal exit tunnel

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1123-1129

  Lu, Jianli ^a   Deutsch, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 28544449949     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1021     Document Type: Article

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