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Increased RNA synthesis during preconjugation and its effect on pair formation in tetrahymena

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Increased RNA synthesis, mainly mRNA, occurs in Tetrahymena very shortly before the pairing which takes place after conjugation has been induced. Specific inhibition of mRNA synthesis by cordycepin delays pairing.

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  1. The Department of Anatomy and Embryology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, P.O. Box 1172, Jerusalem, Israel

    A. Ron & O. Horovitz

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Supported by Stiftung Volkswagenwerk, research grant No. 112273.

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Ron, A., Horovitz, O. Increased RNA synthesis during preconjugation and its effect on pair formation in tetrahymena. Experientia 33, 1146–1149 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922294

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