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Consequently, it could not identify all the ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) of\n                    <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    . The radical-free and highly reducing (RFHR) 2-D PAGE overcame the first weakness by prerunning 2-aminoethanethiol HCl, possessing both the properties of a reducing agent and a radical scavenger. The second weakness was addressed by lowering the pH of the second dimension running buffer to 3.6. These improvements eliminated spot pattern noise and achieved the separation of low molecular weight proteins in the sample gel, establishing a new method of 2-D PAGE with high resolution and highly quantitative performance. Using RFHR 2-D PAGE, additionally, we discovered new ribosomal proteins bL35 and bL36, intact bL31, and identified all ribosomal proteins corresponding to the ribosomal genes of the\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    genome. 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