Single-molecule observations of ribosome function

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Blanchard, Scott C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 60349097663     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2009.01.002     Document Type: Review

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