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Electron microscopic autoradiography indicates that only a fraction of ribosome-containing reticulocytes (from phenylhydrazine-treated rabbits) is capable of active protein synthesis in vitro. Ribosomes, and, indeed, polyribosomes, do not appear to limit the rate of protein synthesis.
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