Cleavage of the sarcin-ricin loop of 23S rRNA differentially affects EF-G and EF-Tu binding

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4108-4119

  García Ortega, Lucía ^a,b   Álvarez García, Elisa ^a,b   Gavilanes, José G ^b   Martínez del Pozo, Álvaro ^b   Joseph, Simpson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SARCIN; ELONGATION FACTOR G; ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; RICIN; RNA 23S; SPARSOMYCIN; TRANSFER RNA; ALPHA-SARCIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITOR; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA TRANSLATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR TU; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; RIBOSOMES; RICIN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EID: 77955062006     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq151     Document Type: Article

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