Structure of the rat liver ribosome 40 S subunit: freeze-drying and high-resolution shadow casting.
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.
Vasiliev
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Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Pushchino, Moscow Region.
Selivanova
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Lutsch
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Westermann
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Bielka
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D000818:Animals; D005612:Freeze Drying; D008099:Liver / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D015394:Molecular Structure; D051381:Rats; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000648:ultrastructure*
D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C041308:ribosomal protein S40