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Stepwise Reconstruction of a Ternary Complex in Protein Synthesis

Nature volume 218, pages 1217–1223 (1968)Cite this article

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Reconstruction of 70S particles from 30S and 50S ribosomes requires both messenger RNA and peptidyl-tRNA. Experiments with poly A and oligolysyl-tRNA show that assembly proceeds through a labile 30S-poly A-polylysyl-tRNA complex which is stabilized by addition of 50S particles.

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  • 01 July 1968

    In the article "Stepwise Reconstruction of a Ternary Complex in Protein Synthesis" by Michael Jost, Nadja Shoemaker and Hans Noll (Nature, 218, 1217; 1968) the formula in the first paragraph was incorrect; it should be

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    Present address: Atomic Energy Institute for Plant Research, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan

  2. HANS NOLL: Career professor of the American Cancer Society.

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JOST, M., SHOEMAKER, N. & NOLL, H. Stepwise Reconstruction of a Ternary Complex in Protein Synthesis. Nature 218, 1217–1223 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2181217a0

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