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The vegetative prothalli (1–3 weeks old) of Anemia were incubated for 24 h in [14C]adenine. The RNA was phenol extracted from whole cells and the poly (A) sequences were isolated by nuclease digestion followed by poly (U)-sepharose chromatography. About 2–3% of the total radioactivity was retained on the column. The base composition of the nuclease resistant RNA was: C, 1.4; G, 3.6; A, 93.3; and U, 1.7. It is concluded that Anemia RNA contains poly adenylate sequences.
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Iqbal, J. The polyadenylic sequences in the ribonucleic acid of the fern Anemia phyllitidis . Planta 134, 1–3 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390085
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