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. 1972 Apr;110(1):442–446. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.1.442-446.1972

Ribosome Degradation and the Degradation Products in Starved Escherichia coli

Hiromi B Maruyama a,1, Shoji Okamura a,2
PMCID: PMC247426  PMID: 4553002

Abstract

The properties of the abnormal ribonucleoprotein particles produced by Escherichia coli Q-13 starved for glucose were studied. Smaller species of these partially deproteinized particles separable to six distinct sizes contained partially degraded ribonucleic acids. The mode of ribosome degradation under this condition is discussed in terms of differential appearance of these intermediate particles.

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