Activation of GTP hydrolysis in mRNA-tRNA translocation by elongation factor G

Science Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Li, Wen ^a   Liu, Zheng ^a   Koripella, Ravi Kiran ^b   Langlois, Robert ^a   Sanyal, Suparna ^b   Frank, Joachim ^a  

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

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; ELONGATION; MACROMOLECULES; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; RNA;

ATOMIC RESOLUTION; CRYOGENIC ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (CRYO-EM); ELONGATION FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN; RIBOSOMAL SUBUNITS; TRANSFER RNA (TRNA);

HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84939202437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500169     Document Type: Article

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