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  • Title: Ribosomal cistrons in higher plant cells. I. A definitive scheme for the maturation pathway of the primary transcriptional product of ribosomal cistrons in Acer pseudoplatanus L. cells.
    Author: Cecchini JP, Miassod R.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1976 Jan 05; 418(1):104-16. PubMed ID: 1244848.
    Abstract:
    1. Four precursor ribosomal RNAs have been previously characterized in cultured sycamore cells (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). The present paper reports a study of the two smallest ones. 2. (Me-3H)-labelling of the precursor and mature rRNAs has been submitted to kinetic analysis. From pulse-chase experiments it is concluded that the 27S and 20S precursor rRNAs behave like intermediate molecules in the maturation of the 42S and 36S precursor rRNAs into the 26S and 17S components. They are direct precursors to the cytoplasmic and mature rRNAs. 3. Base-composition analyses have been performed on carefully purified molecules. They show that the 27S and 20S precursor rRNAs arise from a single cleavage of the 36S precursor rRNA. In addition, they strongly suggest that the 27S and 20S precursor rRNAs can be taken as specific precursors to the 26S and 17S rRNAs, respectively. These results are reinforced by DNA - RNA hybridization experiments, the measured values being in good agreement with the theoretical ones expected from a specific relationship between the four smallest molecules. Base-compositions of the conserved and non-conserved nucleotide sequences of the primary transcriptional product have been estimated or calculated. 4. On the basis of the present results and those previously reported, a scheme for the biosynthesis of ribosomal RNA in sycamore cells is proposed.
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