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Mice were immunised with 30S subunits from E. coli and their spleen cells were fused with myeloma cells. From this fusion two monoclonal antibodies were obtained, one of which was shown to be specific for ribosomal protein S3, the other for ribosomal protein S7. The two monoclonal antibodies formed stable complexes with intact 30S subunits and were therefore used for the three-dimensional localisation of ribosomal proteins S3 and S7 on the surface of the E. coli small subunit by immuno electron microscopy. The antibody binding sites determined with the two monoclonal antibodies were found to lie in the same area as those obtained with conventional antibodies. Both proteins S3 and S7 are located on the head of the 30S subunit, close to the one-third/two-thirds partition. Protein S3 is located just above the small lobe, whereas protein S7 is located on the side of the large lobe.
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Breitenreuter, G., Lotti, M., Stöffler-Meilicke, M. et al. Comparative electron microscopic study on the location of ribosomal proteins S3 and S7 on the surface of the E. coli 30S subunit using monoclonal and conventional antibody. Mol Gen Genet 197, 189–195 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330962
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