Morphological variation of individual Escherichia coli 30S ribosomal subunits in vitro and in situ, as revealed by cryo-electron tomography

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 495-507

  Zhao, Qing ^a   Öfverstedt, Lars Göran ^b   Skoglund, Ulf ^b   Isaksson, Leif A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

30S subunit; Electron tomography; Escherichia coli; Ribosome; Rifampicin

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEIGHT; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2942726077     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.03.049     Document Type: Article

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