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. 2009 Dec 9;17(12):1547-1548.
doi: 10.1016/j.str.2009.11.003.

Expanding the ribosomal universe

Jonathan D Dinman  1 , Terri Goss Kinzy  2
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Expanding the ribosomal universe

Jonathan D Dinman et al. Structure. .

Abstract

In this issue of Structure, Taylor et al. (2009) present the most complete model of an eukaryotic ribosome to date. This achievement represents a critical milestone along the path to structurally defining the unique aspects of the eukaryotic protein synthetic machinery.

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Figure 1. The eukaryotic ribosome over 40 years
The pioneering work of Palade and co workers demonstrated ribonucleic particles from eukaryotes (Kirsch et al., 1960), rats), which has evolved (insert) into molecular level understanding of the ribosome (Taylor et al., 2009) showing the 80S density map (mesh) and fitted atomic structure, reproduced from (Frank, 2009). Structure in front, in red, is eEF2. Courtesy Lila Rubenstein and Joachim Frank.
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