Figure 1

The ribosome at low resolution The images shown here are photographs of plaster models of the two ribosomal subunits made by James Lake. They were derived from his EM images of the two ribosomal subunits from E. coli [45]. The resolution is about 40 Å. (a) The large subunit (left) and the small subunit (right) with some of their landmarks indicated. (b) The arrangement of the two subunits in the complete ribosome.