Welcome to Frank Lab
We investigate the mechanism of translation on the ribosome by using cryo-electron microscopy and single-particle reconstruction.
Recent Publications
Book: Single-Particle Cryo-Electron MicroscopyPublisher: World Scientific
Editor: Joachim Frank
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[Description]
Article: On the damage done to the structure of the T. acidophilum
proteasome by electron radiation
Journal: Protein Science
Author: Jimin Wang, et al.
[Abstract]
Article: Identification of Changing Ribosome Protein Compositions
using Mass Spectrometry
Journal: Proteomics
Author: Parimal Samir, et al.
[Abstract]
Article: Time-Resolved Cryo-electron Microscopy Using a
Microfluidic Chip
Book: Protein Complex Assembly
Author: Sandip Kaledhonkar, et al.
[Abstract]
Article: Three-Dimensional Analysis of Mitochondrial Crista Ultrastructure
in a Patient with Leigh Syndrome by In Situ Cryoelectron Tomography
Journal: iScience
Author: Stephanie E. Siegmund, et al.
[Summary]
Article: Single-Particle Reconstruction of Biological Molecules:
Story in a Sample (Nobel Lecture)
Journal: Angewandte Chemie
Author: Joachim Frank
[Background]
Book chapter: New Insights into Ribosome Structure and Function
Book: Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
Author: Amy Jobe, et al.
[Introduction]
Article: The Jigsaw Puzzle of mRNA Translation Initiation in Eukaryotes:
A Decade of Structures Unraveling the Mechanics of the Process
Journal: Annual Review of Biophysics
Author: Yaser Hashem, et al.
[Abstract]
Article: Cryo-EM shows stages of initial codon selection on the ribosome by
aa-tRNA in ternary complex with GTP and the GTPase-deficient EF-TuH84A
Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
Author: Marcus Fislage, et al.
[Abstract]
Article: Identification of ions in experimental electrostatic
potential maps
Journal: International Union of Crystallography Journal
Author: Jimin Wang, et al.
[Abstract]
Recent News
Sydney Brenner 1927 – 2019
April 6, 2019
Sydney
Brenner died on April 5 in Singapore at the age of 92.
Brenner
has been called a giant of molecular biology.
Among his many contributions to this field are key experiments in 1961
proving that the mRNA is the carrier of genetic information, and the substrate
for protein synthesis on the ribosome. Here
I want to focus on his role in the discovery of mRNA, for obvious reasons.
The
question who discovered mRNA is complicated as it involves many people, at a
time when there was still confusion about...
