Structural studies of elongation and release factors

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1335-1346

  Noble, C G ^a   Song, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elongation factor; GTPase; Protein synthesis; Release factor; Ribosome structure; Termination factor

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; ELONGATION FACTOR G; ELONGATION FACTOR TU;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOSOL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASE-LINKED ELONGATION FACTORS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE CHAIN ELONGATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 43049157544     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-7495-6     Document Type: Review

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