Large facilities and the evolving ribosome, the cellular machine for genetic-code translation

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2009, Pages

  Yonath, Ada ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolving ribosomes; Peptide bond formation; Synchrotron radiation

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ANTIBIOTICS; MACHINERY; PEPTIDES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRONS;

ACTIVE SITE; CLINICAL USE; CODE TRANSLATION; CONSERVED REGIONS; DIFFRACTION DATA; EVOLVING RIBOSOMES; GENETIC CODE; HIGH RESOLUTION; PEPTIDE BOND FORMATION; PEPTIDE BONDS; POLYMERASE ACTIVITIES; POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN; PREBIOTICS; RESISTANCE MECHANISMS; RIBOZYMES; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY; X RAY BEAM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; POLYPEPTIDE; RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

CHEMICAL BOND; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HALOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNCHROTRON; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC CODE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 69949139279     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2009.0167.focus     Document Type: Conference Paper

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