Functional role of ribosomal signatures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3930-3940

  Chen, Ke ^a   Eargle, John ^a   Sarkar, Krishnarjun ^a   Gruebele, Martin ^a,b   Luthey Schulten, Zaida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78650211733     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.062     Document Type: Article

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