Elongation in translation as a dynamic interaction among the ribosome, tRNA, and elongation factors EF-G and EF-Tu

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-200

  Agirrezabala, Xabier ^a   Frank, Joachim ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 77449133028     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583509990060     Document Type: Article

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