X-Ray Analysis of Ribosomes: the Static of the Dynamic

A. M. Kopylov

School of Chemistry and Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899 Russia; fax: (095) 939-3181; E-mail: kopylov@rnp-group.genebee.msu.su

Received September 17, 2001; Revision received October 15, 2001

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This review considers a brief history, comments, and consequences of recent remarkable achievements: X-ray analysis on the level of atomic resolution of structures of bacterial ribosomes, their subunits, and functional complexes.

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KEY WORDS: bacteria, ribosome, structure, function, X-ray analysis, Thermus thermophilus, Haloarcula marismortui

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