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Structural aspects of protein synthesis

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Structural studies of translation are in a state of rapid progress. For eubacterial systems, low resolution images of whole ribosomes can be combined with high resolution structures of individual components. For eucaryotic systems, the first individual structures are just begining to emerge.

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