Correlated conformational events in EF-G and the ribosome regulate translocation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1470-1477

  Munro, James B ^a   Wasserman, Michael R ^a   Altman, Roger B ^a   Wang, Leyi ^a   Blanchard, Scott C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; FUSIDIC ACID; GESTAGEN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SPECTINOMYCIN; THIOSTREPTON; TRANSFER RNA; VIOMYCIN;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 78649830457     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1925     Document Type: Article

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