The pathway of hepatitis C virus mRNA recruitment to the human ribosome

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-404

  Fraser, Christopher S ^a,d   Hershey, John W B ^b   Doudna, Jennifer A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; INITIATION FACTOR 3; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; RNA, VIRAL;

EUKARYOTA; HARNESS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 64049105338     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1572     Document Type: Article

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