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Informoferic and informosomal RNA, but not mRNA from polysomes, contain intermolecular double-stranded structures consisting of a long-lived segment hybridized with a newly synthesized one. The possible role of these structures in gene expression is discussed.
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Lassota, Z., Krówczyńska, A. Intermolecular double-stranded structures in RNA from nuclear and cytoplasmic ribonucleoproteins of rat liver. Mol Cell Biochem 51, 55–60 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00215585
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