The ribosome as a molecular machine: The mechanism of tRNA-mRNA movement in translocation

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 658-662

  Rodnina, Marina V ^a   Wintermeyer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticodon stem loop; Bacterial ribosome; Brownian ratchet; GTP hydrolysis; Peptidyltransferase centre; Protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ANISOTROPY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOVEMENT; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79953199843     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390658     Document Type: Review

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