Structures of ribosome-bound initiation factor 2 reveal the mechanism of subunit association

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Sprink, Thiemo ^a   Ramrath, David J F ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Kaori ^a   Loerke, Justus ^a   Ismer, Jochen ^a   Hildebrand, Peter W ^a   Scheerer, Patrick ^a   Bürger, Jörg ^a,b   Mielke, Thorsten ^a,b   Spahn, Christian M T ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RNA;

CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HIGH-RESOLUTION STRUCTURES; INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SUBUNIT ASSOCIATIONS; TRANSFER RNA (TRNA);

MACROMOLECULES;

INITIATION FACTOR 2;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOME;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES;

EID: 84977270105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501502     Document Type: Article

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