The roles of RNA in the synthesis of protein

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Moore, Peter B ^a   Steitz, Thomas A ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84859295308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a003780     Document Type: Review

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