The structural and functional coupling of two molecular machines, the ribosome and the translocon

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 765-767

  Johnson, Arthur E ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSLOCON;

HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 66349102187     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200902014     Document Type: Note

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