Implications of macromolecular crowding and reducing conditions for in vitro ribosome construction

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 4774-4784

  Fritz, Brian R ^a   Jamil, Osman K ^a   Jewett, Michael C ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTAMER; CELL PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; INTEGRATED SYNTHESIS ASSEMBLY AND TRANSLATION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FICOLL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; REDUCING AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROMOLECULAR CROWDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; SEDIMENTATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICOLL; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REDUCING AGENTS; RIBOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84934450500     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv329     Document Type: Article

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