Ribosomal history reveals origins of modern protein synthesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Harish, Ajith ^a,b   Caetano Anollés, Gustavo ^a  

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

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RIBOZYME; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA REPLICATION; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSLATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84858040413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032776     Document Type: Article

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