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Strand-like structures and their three-dimensional organization in the large subunit of theEscherichia coli ribosome

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Strand-like structures with a diameter of about 50 Å are observed in the raw and averaged electron microscopical images of the largeEscherichia coli subunit. These ‘strands’ seem to be of a ribonucleoprotein nature. A tentative model of a three-dimensional arrangement of 12 such ‘strands’ is proposed, explaining the observed superposition pattern in different particle views and fit well the known morphological models.

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  1. Institute of Crystallography, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow, USSR

    N. A. Kiselev, V. Ya. Stel'mashchuk & E. V. Orlova

  2. Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Poustchino, Moscow Region, USSR

    V. D. Vasiliev & O. M. Selivanova

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Kiselev, N.A., Stel'mashchuk, V.Y., Orlova, E.V. et al. Strand-like structures and their three-dimensional organization in the large subunit of theEscherichia coli ribosome. Mol Biol Rep 8, 191–197 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00776579

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