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A low-resolution three-dimensional map has been obtained from crystalline arrays of membrane-bound eukaryotic ribosomes. It shows both ribosomal subunits to be adjacent to the membrane surface, attached to it by a part protruding from the large subunit.
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Unwin, P. Three-dimensional model of membrane-bound ribosomes obtained by electron microscopy. Nature 269, 118–122 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269118a0
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