MYOSIN SYNTHESIS IN EMBRYONIC CHICKEN FIBROBLASTS

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YOUNG, RB
BERGEN, WG
BLAUWIEKEL, PB
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[1] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV, DEPT BIOMECH, E LANSING, MI 48824 USA
[2] MICHIGAN STATE UNIV, DEPT ANIM HUSB, E LANSING, MI 48824 USA
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10.1083/jcb.81.1.115
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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The rate of constitutive myosin synthesis was measured in cultures of replicating embryonic chicken skin fibroblasts by pulse labeling with [3H]leucine. These cells synthesized the 200,000-dalton heavy chain of myosin (MHC) at a rate of 3.2x103 molecules/cell/min. Additionally, an independent estimate of the MHC synthesis rate needed to maintain a constant level of constitutive MHC/cell was calculated from total protein content, percentage MHC, fibroblast doubling time, and MHC half-life. This calculated rate of ~2.9x103 molecules/cell/min was in close agreement with the measured rate. By comparison, the synthesis rate of myofibrillar MHC in fully activated muscle cell cultures was ~2.9x104 molecules/nucleus/min.
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