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28S ribosomal RNA is the eukaryotic nuclear homologue of the prokaryotic 23S ribosomal RNA; this is the structural RNA for the large component of eukaryotic cytoplasmic ribosomes, and thus one of the basic components of all eukaryotic cells.

General references

Lodish, H. Molecular Cell Biology 3rd ed. Freeman, 1995.

Ribosomal RNA / ribosome subunits

Prokaryotes (70S)

Large: 50S (5S, 23S)
Small: 30S (16S)

Eukaryotes (80S)

Cytoplasmic	Large: 60S (5S, 5.8S, 28S) Small: 40S (18S)

Mitochondrial	MT-RNR1, 12S · MT-RNR2, 16S

B bsyn: dna (repl, cycl, reco, repr) · tscr (fact, tcrg, nucl, rnat, rept, ptts) · tltn (risu, pttl, nexn) · dnab, rnab/runp · stru (domn, 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°)

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