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This report is an extension of work on protein synthesis, RNA, and E. coli undertaken by Marshall Nirenberg. The experimental evidence involving the mixture of viral RNA and E. coli ribosomes shows that "in a cell-free system approximately 10 per cent of the ribosomes participate in protein synthesis." Many tables and figures are included.