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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the distribution pattern of free ribosomes in the photoreceptor inner segments of adult mice with reference to environmental light. Eyeballs were obtained from animals at the light or dark phase of the ordinary cyclic light, and photoreceptor inner segments were examined by electron microscopy. In the light phase, free ribosomes were distributed in a random fashion, although meticulous observations revealed that they appeared to be arranged either in a spiral or linear form, or in isolation. In the dark phase, several free ribosomes were arranged in a clustered fashion. When animals were kept in continuous darkness as long as 27 hours, most of the inner segment free ribosomes showed a clustered pattern similar to that in the dark phase of the cyclic light. We discussed the light-dependent configurational changes of ribosomes with respect to their activity or inactivity in protein synthesis.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0029-0203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1067-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
[Light-dependent changes of ribosome distribution in photoreceptor inner segments of the mouse retina].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Kagoshima University Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract