Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc, at the Wadsworth Center, and Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA. joachim@wadsworth.org
Abstract:
Cryoelectron microscopy has made a number of significant contributions to our understanding of the translation process. The method of single-particle reconstruction is particularly well suited for the study of the dynamics of ribosome-ligand interactions. This review follows the events of the functional cycle and discusses the findings in the context provided by the recently published x-ray structures.