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Polyribosomes from Houseflies

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Investigations of the properties of ribosomes and polyribosomes isolated from adult houseflies, Musca domestica, throw new light on the part played by these structures in protein biosynthesis and suggest that nascent protein may be an important constituent that holds a polyribosome together.

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  1. C. M. TSIAPALIS

    Present address: Cancer Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

  2. Y. HAYASHI

    Present address: Insect Pathology Laboratory, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

  3. Y. HAYASHI: N.R.C. Postdoctoral Fellow.

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  1. Department of Zoology, University of Western Ontario,

    C. M. TSIAPALIS, Y. HAYASHI & W. CHEFURKA

  2. Research Institute, Canada Department of Agriculture, London, Ontario

    C. M. TSIAPALIS, Y. HAYASHI & W. CHEFURKA

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TSIAPALIS, C., HAYASHI, Y. & CHEFURKA, W. Polyribosomes from Houseflies. Nature 214, 358–361 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214358a0

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