Functional conformations of the L11-ribosomal RNA complex revealed by correlative analysis of cryo-EM and molecular dynamics simulations

RNA

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1240-1253

  Li, Wen ^a   Sengupta, Jayati ^a   Rath, Bimal K ^a   Frank, Joachim ^a,b,c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Base flipping; Decoding; GTP associated center; Ribosome; tRNA

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; SOLVENT; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STRUCTURE; SIMULATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CALORIMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745633068     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.2294806     Document Type: Article

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