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What does ‘S’ refer in a 70S and an 80S ribosome?
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‘S’ refers to as Svedberg unit. It is the sedimentation coefficient. The sedimentation coefficient depicts how fast a cell organelle sediments during ultracentrifugation. The heavier the structure, higher is the sedimentation coefficient.
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