The sarcin-ricin loop of 23S rRNA is essential for assembly of the functional core of the 50S ribosomal subunit

RNA

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1999-2012

  Lancaster, Laura ^a   Lambert, Nicole J ^a   Maklan, Eric J ^a   Horan, Lucas H ^a   Noller, Harry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; A site; Ribosome assembly; Sarcin ricin loop

Indexed keywords

PUROMYCIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; SARCIN RICIN LOOP;

ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, BACTERIAL; RICIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 52949138707     PISSN: 13558382     EISSN: 14699001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1261/rna.1202108     Document Type: Article

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