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Crippling the essential GTPase Der causes dependence on ribosomal protein L9.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2013
Naganathan Anusha, Moore Sean D
Abstract excerpt
Ribosomal protein L9 is a component of all eubacterial ribosomes, yet deletion strains display only subtle growth defects. Although L9 has been implicated in helping ribosomes maintain translation reading frame and in regulating translation bypass, no portion of the ribosome-bound protein seems capable of contacting either the peptidyltransferase center or the decoding center, so it is a mystery how L9 can...
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