Includes bibliographical references.

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This volume includes a variety of methods involving electron microscopy and other biophysical methods, such as crystallography, neutron scattering, and NMR procedures for the analysis of protein-RNA or RNA-RNA interactions by cross-linking, the use of chemical, enzymatic, and immunological probes, as well as functional and genetic approaches for the study of this nucleoprotein. These methodologies will contribute to the progress toward the elucidation of the structure, function, and regulatory processes that affect this most important complex cellular component, the ribosome.