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. 1957 Jul 25;3(4):625-30.
doi: 10.1083/jcb.3.4.625.

Cytoplasmic incorporation of a ribonucleic acid precursor in Amoeba proteus

W PLAUT, R C RUSTAD

Cytoplasmic incorporation of a ribonucleic acid precursor in Amoeba proteus

W PLAUT et al. J Biophys Biochem Cytol. .

Abstract

The question of RNA synthesis in enucleate cytoplasm of Amoeba has been approached experimentally by incubating enucleate amoebae in a labelled RNA precursor and determining the incorporation into RNA autoradiographically. The results indicate that there is a cytoplasmic incorporation mechanism which can operate in the absence of the nucleus. A comparison is made between Acetabularia and Amoeba with respect to the origins of cytoplasmic RNA. It is concluded that the existing data are consistent with the assumption that some cytoplasmic RNA is of nuclear origin in both organisms.

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