Protection-Based Assays to Measure Aminoacyl-tRNA Binding to Translation Initiation Factors

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 430, Issue , 2007, Pages 265-281

  Mechulam, Yves ^a   Guillon, Laurent ^a   Yatime, Laure ^a   Blanquet, Sylvain ^a   Schmitt, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 5B; LIGAND; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASSAY; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DEACYLATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; RNA, TRANSFER, MET;

EID: 38449087034     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)30011-6     Document Type: Chapter

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