Unveiling ribosomal structures: the final phases
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Isolation of Translating Ribosomes Containing Peptidyl-tRNAs for Functional and Structural Analyses
Published on: February 25, 2011
1Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, SW7 2AY, UK. m.vanheel@ic.ac.uk
Abstract:
Unprecedented insights into the structure of the ribosome have been gained recently: X-ray crystallographic studies have yielded 5-9 A resolution structures and cryo-electron microscopy has elucidated the structure of the Escherichia coli ribosome in different functional states. A 7.5 A cryo-electron microscopy structure of the large subunit indicates that this technique is still in the race to determine the ribosome structure.
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