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. 1984 Jan;3(1):127–131. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb01772.x

Two-dimensional crystalline sheets of Bacillus stearothermophilus 50S ribosomal particles.

T Arad, K Leonard, H G Wittmann, A Yonath
PMCID: PMC557308  PMID: 6705764

Abstract

Two-dimensional crystalline sheets of the large ribosomal subunit from Bacillus stearothermophilus have been obtained using a slightly modified procedure to that for growing three-dimensional crystals of the same material. The crystalline subunits are packed within monolayers in a relatively small unit cell, the dimensions of which are closely related to those observed for two forms of the three-dimensional crystals. The packing symmetry is p121, and the optical diffraction patterns of micrographs of negatively stained crystals extend to approximately 3.0 nm.

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