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Principles of mitoribosomal small subunit assembly in eukaryotes. Harper NJ, Burnside C, Klinge S. Nature. 2023 Feb 2;614(7946):175–181.
A molecular network of conserved factors keeps ribosomes dormant in the egg. Leesch F, Lorenzo-Orts L et al. Nature. 2023 Jan 26;613(7945):712-720.
Structural basis for intrinsic transcription termination. You L, Omollo EO et al. Nature. 2023 Jan 26;613(7945):783-789.
Structural basis of broad-spectrum β-lactam resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Alexander JAN, Worrall LJ et al. Nature. 2023 Jan 12;613(7943):375–382.
Structure of a volume-regulated heteromeric LRRC8A/C channel. Rutz S, Deneka D et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2023 Jan;30(1):52-61.
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Large ribosomal RNA is shown with individual bases depicted using solvent excluded molecular surfaces. Bases A, C, G, U are colored red, yellow, green, and blue. The surfaces were made with the Chimera multiscale tool in combination with the nucleic acid blobs plug-in. The image was raytraced using POVray.
Protein Data Bank model 1s72.
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