How should we think about the ribosome?

Annual Review of Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  Moore, Peter B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian ratchet; Elongation; Power stroke; Translocation

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE;

CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84861381646     PISSN: 1936122X     EISSN: 19361238     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-050511-102314     Document Type: Review

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