Isolation of translating ribosomes containing peptidyl-tRNAs for functional and structural analyses

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 48, 2010, Pages

  Shirole, Nitin ^a   Balasubramanian, Sreeram ^a   Yanofsky, Charles ^b   Cruz Vera, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80355125355     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2498     Document Type: Article

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