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Crystallization of Ribosomes, Ribosomal Subunits, and Individual Ribosomal Proteins

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Growth of Crystals

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There is interest in the three-dimensional structure of the ribosome since it is a unique multicomponent biological system responsible for the biosynthesis of protein in the cell. The exceedingly complex structure of ribosomes (for example, the Escherichia coli ribosome, the molecular weight of which is 2.15•106 Da, consists of three types of RNA and 52 individual ribosomal proteins) makes it difficult to study them using classical methods of x-ray structural analysis.

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Vainshtein, B.K., Trakhanov, S.D. (1991). Crystallization of Ribosomes, Ribosomal Subunits, and Individual Ribosomal Proteins. In: Bagdasarov, K.S., Lube, É.L. (eds) Growth of Crystals. Growth of Crystals, vol 16. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3662-8_12

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