PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN MEDULLA OF RAT BRAIN . REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS

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FOULKES, JA
ROBINSON, N
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[1] Department of Anatomy, London Hospital Medical College, London, E1, Turner Street
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10.1111/j.1471-4159.1969.tb10362.x
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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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Abstract— [14C]Leucine was injected intracranially into the brainstem reticular formation at the level of the upper medulla by the stereotaxic method. Subcellular fractions prepared 3 hr after injection showed that the specific activities of leucine‐incorporated proteins decreased in the order soluble, microsomal, nuclear and mitochondrial fractions. Specific activities of proteins in the sera were 2·2 per cent of whole homogenate proteins. The results from 27 experiments showed that 66·6 per cent of the mean specific activities of proteins extracted from whole homogenates fell within ·1 s.d. and 100 per cent within ± 2 s.d. (close to a normal distribution). The coefficients of variation were between 40 and 50 per cent for whole homogenates, sera and all subcellular fractions. Reproducibility of results and factors concerned with possible errors in the technique are discussed. Copyright © 1969, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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