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Transcriptional events were found to be activated in a stepwise manner when mature wheat seeds were exposed to the optimal germination conditions. Immediate-early, and late transcription products could be distinguished from each other by differences in their nucleotide composition. The immediate-early transcripts appeared in the seed already within the first 3 hours of imbibition and were unusually rich in UMP /65 mol%/. The early transcripts could be characterized as U+G rich. The late transcripts began to appear 12 hours after germination starts and had nucleotide composition similar to that of the total RNA.
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Dobrzańska-Wiernikowska, M. (1975). Genome Activation during Seed Germination. In: Ledoux, L. (eds) Genetic Manipulations with Plant Material. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2763-9_51
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