Biological mechanisms, one molecule at a time

Genes and Development

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1205-1231

  Tinoco Jr , Ignacio ^a   Gonzalez Jr , Ruben L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

AFM; FRET; Optical tweezers; Single molecule; Translation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFOCAL FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; MAGNETIC BEAD; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959655626     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.2050011     Document Type: Review

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