Determination of the ribosome structure to a resolution of 2.5 Å by single-particle cryo-EM

Protein Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 82-92

  Liu, Zheng ^a   Gutierrez Vargas, Cristina ^a   Wei, Jia ^a   Grassucci, Robert A ^a   Sun, Ming ^a   Espina, Noel ^b   Madison Antenucci, Susan ^b   Tong, Liang ^a   Frank, Joachim ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2.5 resolution; high resolution cryo EM; ribosome structure; single particle analysis; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM ION; RIBOSOME RNA; WATER; ZINC ION; MAGNESIUM; PROTOZOAL RNA; ZINC;

CELL STRUCTURE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER MEMORY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODEL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; X RAY; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; RNA PROCESSING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHAGAS DISEASE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; RIBOSOMES; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZINC;

EID: 85002397042     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.3068     Document Type: Review

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