Ribosome dynamics: Insights from atomic structure modeling into cryo-electron microscopy maps

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 35, Issue , 2006, Pages 299-317

  Mitra, Kakoli ^a   Frank, Joachim ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic model fitting; Conformational dynamics; Macromolecular machine; Signal transduction; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 33646495214     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2005.02030.x     Document Type: Review

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