The ribosome in action: Tuning of translational efficiency and protein folding

Protein Science

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1390-1406

  Rodnina, Marina V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

mRNA rare codons; protein synthesis and folding; ribosome; translational pausing; tRNA

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLYCINE; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CELL ELONGATION; CODON; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHASE PARTITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 84978983295     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2950     Document Type: Review

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