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Protein-synthesizing Structures associated with Mitochondria

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Protein synthesis in HeLa cell mitochondria is associated with a structure sedimenting at 95S. This has some properties in common with bacterial ribosomes but its physicochemical properties are rather different.

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PERLMAN, S., PENMAN, S. Protein-synthesizing Structures associated with Mitochondria. Nature 227, 133–137 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227133a0

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