The integrity of the G2421-C2395 base pair in the ribosomal E-site is crucial for protein synthesis

RNA Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-81

  Koch, Miriam ^a   Clementi, Nina ^b   Rusca, Nicola ^a   Vögele, Paul ^b   Erlacher, Matthias ^a,b   Polacek, Norbert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

23S rRNA; Atomic mutagenesis; E site; E tRNA; Ribosome; Translation

Indexed keywords

GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYURIDYLIC ACID; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CODON; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNAL RIBOSOME ENTRY SITE; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSLATION; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; THERMUS;

BASE PAIRING; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; THERMUS;

EID: 84928237504     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2015.1017218     Document Type: Article

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