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Utilizing a method which quantitatively extracts high molecular weight RNA, including intact precursor as well as mature ribosomal RNAs, adenylated molecules have been isolated from nuclear-and cytoplasmic-enriched fractions ofPhysarum microplasmodia labeled with [3H]-uridine. Electrophoretic analysis of denatured adenylated RNA from the nuclear-enriched fraction indicated the presence of a population of large molecules not found in the cytoplasmic-enriched fraction.
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Melera, P., Peltz, R., Davide, J.P. et al. Polyadenylated RNA in the lower eukaryote physarum polycephalum. Mol Biol Rep 4, 229–232 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00777559
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00777559