Molecular Biology Reports

, Volume 13, Issue 4, pp 207–211 | Cite as

Evidence for a highly nuclease resistant RNA fragment in prosomes

  • Bistra Dineva
  • Wolfgang Tomek
  • Kurt Köhler
  • Hans-Peter Schmid
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Abstract

Prosomes, small cytoplasmic particles of mouse erythroblasts were found to contain low molecular weight RNA molecules in the range of 80 nucleotides. Nuclease digestion of prosomes suggests that prosomal proteins cover and protect almost the whole length of their RNA(s). Our results demonstrate clearly that RNA is an intrinsic component of prosomes.

Key words

prosomes cytoplasmic RNPs RNase resistance 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bistra Dineva
    • 1
  • Wolfgang Tomek
    • 1
  • Kurt Köhler
    • 1
  • Hans-Peter Schmid
    • 1
  1. 1.Biologisches InstitutUniversität StuttgartStuttgart 60FRG

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