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The number of specific protein binding sites on 23S RNA were determined using the same conditions and methods as those described in the previous paper. Eight proteins out of thirty-four 50S subunit proteins, namely L2, L6, L16, L17, L19, L20, L23 and L24, were found to bind specifically to the 23S RNA. Each of the proteins bound simultaneously at about a 1:1 stoichiometric molar ratio and exclusively with 23S rRNA in the presence of 16S rRNA.
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Stöffler, G., Daya, L., Rak, K.H. et al. Ribosomal proteins. Molec. Gen. Genetics 114, 125–133 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332783
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