α-Helical nascent polypeptide chains visualized within distinct regions of the ribosomal exit tunnel

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-317

  Bhushan, Shashi ^a   Gartmann, Marco ^a   Halic, Mario ^a,d   Armache, Jean Paul ^a   Jarasch, Alexander ^a   Mielke, Thorsten ^b,c   Berninghausen, Otto ^a   Wilson, Daniel N ^a   Beckmann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; WHEAT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RIBOSOMES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77949270274     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1756     Document Type: Article

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