HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT NUCLEAR POLYADENYLATE-CONTAINING RIBONUCLEIC-ACID ISOLATED FROM THE LACTATING GUINEA-PIG MAMMARY-GLAND CONTAINS MILK-PROTEIN MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC-ACID SEQUENCES

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作者
BATHURST, IC [1 ]
CRAIG, RK [1 ]
CAMPBELL, PN [1 ]
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[1] MIDDLESEX HOSP,SCH MED,COURTAULD INST BIOCHEM,LONDON W1P 7PN,ENGLAND
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10.1042/bj1810501
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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1. Steady-state poly(A)-containing nuclear RNA was isolated from the lactating guinea-pig mammary gland and analysed by sucrose-gradient centrifugation under denaturing conditions. 2. Nucleic acid-hybridization studies demonstrated the presence of small amounts of high-molecular-weight RNA species containing milk-protein mRNA sequences sedimenting at 25S. These were not found in the post-nuclear supernatant, where milk-protein sequences sedimented only between 12S and 15S; these were also the predominant species in the nuclear fraction. 3. The results are consistent with the transcription of milk-protein genes as high-molecular-weight precursor RNA species, 3-4 times as large as the active mRNA species isolated from the post-nuclear fraction.
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