Structure and mechanical properties of the ribosomal L1 stalk three-way junction

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 6290-6303

  Réblová, Kamila ^a,b   Šponer, Jiří ^a,b   Lankaš, Filip ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN L1; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALLOSTERISM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; ELASTICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOARCULA MARISMORTUI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA STABILITY; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMAL STIMULATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BIOMECHANICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, ARCHAEAL; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84864479919     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks258     Document Type: Article

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