The molecular weight of Artemia ribosomes, as determined from their refractive-index increment and light-scattering intensity.
Cytoplasmic ribosomes were isolated from the cryptobiotic embryos of the brine shrimp Artemia salina. Measurements of their refractive-index increments and light-scattering intensities give a value for their molecular weight of (3.4+/-0.2)x10(6).
D000818:Animals; D001156:Artemia / Q000032:analysis*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D008027:Light; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D012031:Refractometry; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000032:analysis; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013053:Spectrophotometry
D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D004247:DNA