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DNA synthesis in the nuclei of differentiating muscle fibers of the silkworm,Bombyx mori L.

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Incorporation of3H-thymidine (3HTdr) into the nuclei of myofibril-containing myofibers of larvae of the silkworm,Bombyx mori, was shown by means of light microscope (LM) and electron-microscope (EM) autoradiography. The number of DNA-synthesizing myonuclei attains 42% 12–18 h after each molt. Thus in the developing silkworm DNA replication and myofibrillogenesis are coexisting and not mutually exclusive processes as is the rule in vertebrate somatic myogenesis.

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    S. A. Komarov

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Komarov, S.A. DNA synthesis in the nuclei of differentiating muscle fibers of the silkworm,Bombyx mori L.. Experientia 41, 746–747 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012577

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