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Role of the Initiation Factor in the Response of 70S Ribosomes to R17 RNA

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The requirement of 70S ribosomes for initiation factors may simply reflect the loss of the factors during isolation of the 70S ribosomes. There is evidence that two of the factors are involved in chain termination rather than chain initiation.

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MANGIAROTTI, G. Role of the Initiation Factor in the Response of 70S Ribosomes to R17 RNA. Nature 222, 947–950 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222947a0

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