Ribosome.RelA structures reveal the mechanism of stringent response activation

eLife

Volumn 5, Issue JULY, 2016, Pages

  Loveland, Anna B ^a,b   Bah, Eugene ^a,d   Madireddy, Rohini ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Brilot, Axel F ^b,e   Grigorieff, Nikolaus ^b,c   Korostelev, Andrei A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; GUANOSINE 3',5'-POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; LIGASE; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SIMULATION; STRINGENT RESPONSE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIBOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84982827018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.17029     Document Type: Article

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