Structural characterization of mRNA-tRNA translocation intermediates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 6094-6099

  Agirrezabala, Xabier ^a   Liao, Hstau Y ^b   Schreiner, Eduard ^c,f   Fu, Jie ^b   Ortiz Meoz, Rodrigo F ^d   Schulten, Klaus ^c,e   Green, Rachel ^d   Frank, Joachim ^b  

^a CIC BIOGUNE   (Spain)

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

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^f BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryo EM; E. Coli; Ribosome; Translation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOME; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSPORT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BINDING SITES; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84859957285     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201288109     Document Type: Article

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