title: Structure of the rat liver ribosome 40 S subunit: freeze-drying and high-resolution shadow casting.
abstract: Small ribosomal subunits from rat liver have been studied by electron microscopy using freeze-drying and high-resolution shadow casting. The absolute hand of the asymmetric subunit has been determined and its three-dimensional model with a 'right' location of the side protuberance has been constructed. The results evidence that pro- and eukaryotic ribosomes have a unique and principally similar structural organization.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Pushchino, Moscow Region.
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Vasiliev
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Selivanova
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lutsch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Westermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bielka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005612:Freeze Drying; D008099:Liver / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D051381:Rats; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C041308:ribosomal protein S40