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What type of ribosomes are found in prokaryotes?
Posted April 29, 2022
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The 70S type of ribosomes are found in prokaryotes. In this type of ribosomes, the larger subunit is 50S and the smaller subunit is 30S. S stands for Svedberg units, which offer a measure of particle size, based on its rate of travel in a tube subjected to high gravitational force.
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The Impact of the Stringent Response on TRAFAC GTPases and Prokaryotic Ribosome Assembly