Microbiology: An Introduction
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Author: Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 20, Problem 6MCQ
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Though protein synthesis is done by both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, they differ in the structure of ribosome. The prokaryotic cells have 70S ribosomes, whereas the eukaryotic cells contain 80S ribosomes. The mitochondrial ribosome in the eukaryotic cells possess 70S ribosomes similar to the bacterial cells.
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