“…Isolation of crude ribosomes was performed according to SCHERBEL et al (1974); in addition they were once more purified by centrifugation for 20 min at 20 000 g and 0 C. For preparative separation of chloroplastic and cytoplasmic ribosomes, total ribosomes were layered on sucrose gradients (10-30%), containing 5 mM MgCl 2 , 25 mM KC1, 50 mM Tris-HCl ( p H 7.5), and 5 mM mercaptoethanol. Gradients were centrifuged for 14Vä h at 70 000 g and 2 C in a rotor SW 27 (Beckman L 2 50 B).…”