In vitro degradation of ribosomes
Mora, G.; Rivas, A.
Archivos de Biologia y Medicina Experimentales 10(1-3): 61-64
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0533 PMID: 1030939 Document Number: 96480
The cytoplasmic ribosomes from Euglena gracilis var. bacillaris are found to be of two types taking into consideration their stability "in vitro". In the group of unstable ribosomes the large subunit is degraded. The other group apparently does not suffer any degradation under the conditions described. However the RNAs extracted from both types of ribosomes are degraded during sucrose density gradients. The degradation of the largest RNA species has been reported previously, but no comment has been made about the stability of the ribosome itself.