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Thiostrepton-resistant mutants of Thermus thermophilus.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Jan 2004
Cameron Dale M, Thompson Jill, Gregory Steven T, March Paul E, Dahlberg Albert E
Abstract excerpt
Ribosomal protein L11 and its associated binding site on 23S rRNA together comprise one of the principle components that mediate interactions of translation factors with the ribosome. This site is also the target of the antibiotic thiostrepton, which has been proposed to act by preventing important structural transitions that occur in this region of the ribosome during protein synthesis. Here, we describe the...
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