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Var 1 is associated with the small ribosomal subunit of mitochondrial ribosomes in yeast

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We show that the mitochondrial protein known as Var 1 is identical with the ribosome-associated protein previously identified as a product of mitochondrial protein synthesis. Although indirect evidence suggests that Var 1 is not involved in ribosome biosynthesis, a definite conclusion has to await further investigation.

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  1. Thomas L. Mason

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts, 01003, Amherst, Mass., (USA)

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  1. Section for Medical Enzymology and Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam, Animal Physiology Institute, Kruislaan 320, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gert S. P. Groot & Nel Van Harten-Loosbroek

  2. Biocenter, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

    Thomas L. Mason

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Groot, G.S.P., Mason, T.L. & Van Harten-Loosbroek, N. Var 1 is associated with the small ribosomal subunit of mitochondrial ribosomes in yeast. Molec. Gen. Genet. 174, 339–342 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267808

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