E. coli-EF-Tu,Cs-EM<3 Å

Niels Fischer1, Piotr Neumann2, Andrey L Konevega3

  • 13D Electron Cryomicroscopy Group, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.

Nature
|February 25, 2015
PubMed
まとめ

高解像度冷凍電子顕微鏡 (cryo-EM) は,延長因子Tu,アミノアシル-tRNA,キロマイシンを含むE. coli 70Sのリボソーム構造を明らかにした. この研究は,rRNAの改変と柔軟なリボソームタンパク質を詳細に説明し,構造生物学を前進させます.

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