TmRNA-SmpB: A journey to the centre of the bacterial ribosome

EMBO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3810-3818

  Weis, Félix ^a   Bron, Patrick ^b   Giudice, Emmanuel ^a   Rolland, Jean Paul ^a   Thomas, Daniel ^a   Felden, Brice ^a   Gillet, Reynald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

cryo electron microscopy; ribosome; SmpB; tmRNA; trans translation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL PROTEIN B; TRANSFER MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CODON; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78449290339     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.252     Document Type: Article

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