Single Crystals of Transfer RNA: An X-Ray Diffraction Study
Abstract
Large single crystals of formylmethionyl transfer RNA have been prepared. An x-ray diffraction study shows that the material crystallizes in a hexagonal lattice with a equal to 170 angstroms, c equal to 234 angstroms. The diffraction pattern extends to spacings just under 20 angstroms at present. The crystals are heavily hydrated, containing 88 percent water.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1968
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.162.3860.1381
- Bibcode:
- 1968Sci...162.1381K