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Polysome metabolism in protein synthesis mutants of yeast

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The size distributions of polysomes are examined in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain A364A and in temperature sensitive mutants of this strain which are defective in several aspects of protein and RNA synthesis at the restrictive temperature, 36° C. The results indicate that the nature of the molecular defect is reflected in changes in the polysome pattern at 36° C.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California

    Nancy S. Petersen & Calvin S. McLaughlin

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Petersen, N.S., McLaughlin, C.S. Polysome metabolism in protein synthesis mutants of yeast. Molec. Gen. Genet. 129, 189–200 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00267912

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