The size of poly(A)-containing RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster embryos

@article{citeulike:1584543, abstract = {The size range of poly(A)-containing RNA from Drosophila melanogaster embryos has been estimated by hybridization with 3H-labeled poly(U) and subsequent fractionation on sucrose gradients. The median size of nuclear poly(A)-containing RNA is about 30 S (6000 nucleotides), and the median size of cytoplasmic poly(A)-containing RNA is about 17 S (1800 nucleotides). The relationship of these sizes to messenger RNA needed to code for protein and to the length of DNA contained in a chromomere is discussed.}, author = {Lamb, Mary M. and Laird, Charles D. }, citeulike-article-id = {1584543}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00484774}, journal = {Biochemical Genetics}, keywords = {drosophila, transcription}, month = {April}, number = {3}, pages = {357--371}, posted-at = {2007-08-23 01:48:28}, priority = {2}, title = {The size of poly(A)-containing RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster embryos}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00484774}, volume = {14}, year = {1976} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1584543 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1584543 TI - The size of poly(A)-containing RNAs in Drosophila melanogaster embryos JF - Biochemical Genetics VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 357 EP - 371 N2 - The size range of poly(A)-containing RNA from Drosophila melanogaster embryos has been estimated by hybridization with 3H-labeled poly(U) and subsequent fractionation on sucrose gradients. The median size of nuclear poly(A)-containing RNA is about 30 S (6000 nucleotides), and the median size of cytoplasmic poly(A)-containing RNA is about 17 S (1800 nucleotides). The relationship of these sizes to messenger RNA needed to code for protein and to the length of DNA contained in a chromomere is discussed. KW - drosophila KW - transcription AU - Lamb, Mary AU - Laird, Charles PY - 1976/04/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00484774 ER -