Assembly of the 30S ribosomal subunit: S15 as the probe

vi CHAPTER 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION Literature Review 1 Dissertation Organization 30 References 30 CHAPTER 2. ASSEMBLY OF THE CENTRAL DOMAIN OF THE 30S RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT: ROLES FOR THE PRIMARY BINDING RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS S15 AND SB Summary 50 Introduction 51 Results 55 Discussion 59 Materials and Methods 61 Acknowledgements 64 References 64 CHAPTER 3. RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN-DEPENDENT ORIENTATION OF THE 16S rRNA ENVIRONMENT OF S15 Summary 85 Introduction 86 Results 88 Discussion 97 Materials and Methods 101 Acknowledgements 103 References 103 CHAPTER 4. GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS General Summary 124 Future directions 126 References 127