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The molecular weights of rat liver ribosomal proteins determined by “three-dimensional” polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

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The molecular weights of the proteins of rat liver ribosomes were determined by “three-dimensional” polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The proteins of the 40S subunit ranged in mass from 10000 to 44000 daltons; the number average and weight average molecular weights were 25400 and 28400. The proteins of the 60S subunit ranged in mass from 10000 to 53700; the number average and weight average molecular weights were 28000 and 31500.

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Lin, A., Wool, I.G. The molecular weights of rat liver ribosomal proteins determined by “three-dimensional” polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Molec. gen. Genet. 134, 1–6 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332807

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