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The distribution of maize mitochondrial transcripts in polysomal RNA fractions obtained from root tissue, shoot tissue, or isolated intact mitochondria was analyzed. The distribution of cox3 transcripts that differ in 5′ untranslated RNA sequence was similar in total polysomal and total mitochondrial RNA fractions, suggesting that 5′ heterogeneity does not affect recruitment of transcripts into the polysomal RNA. The distribution of spliced and unspliced cox2 transcripts was also analyzed in polysomes from total tissue or isolated mitochondria, and both precursor and mature mRNAs were present in the high-molecular-weight RNA fraction. These results suggest that ribosomal association with mitochondrial transcripts is not selective.
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Yang, A.J., Mulligan, R.M. Distribution of maize mitochondrial transcripts in polysomal RNA: evidence for non-selectivity in recruitment of mRNAs. Curr Genet 23, 532–536 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312647
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312647