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Ribosome Structure, Function, and Evolution: Mapping Ribosomal RNA, Proteins, and Functional Sites in Three Dimensions

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Structure, Function, and Genetics of Ribosomes

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Major advances have been made in recent years in our understanding of the structure, function, and evolution of ribosomes. One notes that the overall three-dimensional structures of ribosomes and ribosomal subunits are known; the primary and secondary structures of the rRNA are known for many diverse organisms; the approximate locations of many ribosomal proteins and of some sequences of the ribosomal RNAs are known; many aspects of ribosome function have been related to ribosome structure; and, finally, comparative studies of ribosomes have revealed some of the early steps in the evolution of ribosomes and of the cells that contain them.

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Oakes, M., Henderson, E., Scheinman, A., Clark, M., Lake, J.A. (1986). Ribosome Structure, Function, and Evolution: Mapping Ribosomal RNA, Proteins, and Functional Sites in Three Dimensions. In: Hardesty, B., Kramer, G. (eds) Structure, Function, and Genetics of Ribosomes. Springer Series in Molecular Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4884-2_3

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