What recent ribosome structures have revealed about the mechanism of translation

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7268, 2009, Pages 1234-1242

  Schmeing, T Martin ^a   Ramakrishnan, V ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; STOP CODON; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCATALYSIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 70350654363     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08403     Document Type: Review

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