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. 1974 Feb;138(2):305–307. doi: 10.1042/bj1380305

Contamination of free-ribosome fractions by detached previously membrane-bound ribosomes (Short Communication)

K O'Toole 1
PMCID: PMC1166208  PMID: 4822735

Abstract

A rough-membrane fraction isolated from rat liver by a procedure designed to prevent membrane denaturation was subjected to the gradient treatment normally used to isolate free ribosomes. Under these conditions, at most 20% of the ribosomes were detached from membrane with less than 5% sedimenting into the free-polyribosome pellet.

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