JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Ribosomes of the Simian Malaria, Plasmodium knowlesi. I. Isolation and Characterization*

Abstract

SYNOPSIS. Monomeric ribosomes, isolated from the monkey malaria Plasmodium knowlesi by the combined use of low concentrations of Triton X‐100 and differential centrifugation, sedimented in the SOS range and could be dissociated into 60 and 40S subparticles. The base composition of the rRNA was typically protozoan; that is, low in guanine and cytosine residues.

Keywords:
Plasmodium knowlesi Isolation (microbiology) Simian Malaria Virology Ribosome Plasmodium (life cycle) Biology Plasmodium falciparum Microbiology Immunology Virus Parasite hosting Computer science Plasmodium vivax Genetics RNA

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