Ribosome-associated GTPases: The role of RNA for GTPase activation

RNA Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-527

  Clementi, Nina ^a   Polacek, Norbert ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

GAP; GEF; GTPase; IF2; Ribosome; RNA world; rRNA; Sarcin ricin loop

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RNA;

CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 78649343406     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.7.5.12467     Document Type: Review

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